Events

Please join us for a reading with Liddy Grantland from her new book, Flesh and Bones: Learning to Love This Body. Grantland lives with a body that hurts all the time. During her final year as an undergraduate, she decided to write about chronic pain for her school newspaper. Her words, collected in this volume, […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

"Chelsea's workshops bring the Enneagram to life! She helped me understand myself in new and important ways!" - past workshop participant As we step into a new year, we often are thinking about what we would like to let go of, pick up and envision for ourselves. The enneagram is a wonderful resource to think […]

In this generative writing workshop, taking place over eight weeks--prompts from the fall 2021 workshop will not be repeated--we will write in response to carefully selected prompts–two, maybe three, each week. As with all the prompts Carol offers, you can run with them literally or go wherever your thoughts and feelings take you. We will […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

A big hurdle to instilling a greater appreciation of the environmental crises facing the world—climate change  first among them—is getting our hands on engaging stories about how we know what we know about  science. Georgann Eubanks, with the help of magnificent photographs by Donna Campbell, has solved that  problem for twelve fascinating native plants under […]

Flash: it’s crystalline and compelling. Many literary journals look for it, many writers want to know what it is and how to write it. In this three-hour online workshop for beginning to seasoned writers of memoir or fiction, you’ll learn about the form that stands proud in its brevity and that can boost all your […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

Come learn about Bluestem, a beautiful piece of land north of Hillsborough, NC, that is being developed as a nature preserve and a burial ground. Let co-founders Heidi Hannapel and Jeff Masten tell you more about the process of developing Blustem, the first conservation burial ground in the Piedmont. Why conservation burial, and why Bluestem in […]