Dear All,I hope you are enjoying the Summer. July was a busy workshop month, both for the Creative Writes Workshops in Muswell Hill and the regular workshops I deliver in Community Centres, Care Homes & Sheltered Housing Schemes. There was a July block of three workshops and a Themed Workshop at the end of the month...
Muswell Hill,
London
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IS THAT YOU TALKING?
Is That You Talking?Original Image by Martine Charalambou, 2000 Hello!In my previous post, I talked about the poem Origins by Imelda Maguire & invited you to write about where you come from. The responses from the groups I worked with were really powerful and there was an interest in the poet and her work. So...
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IN THE BEGINNING
Hello!My feet have barely touched the ground this month. It’s good to be back to blogging! I was inspired by a poetry reading a friend took me to recently, where audience participation was encouraged (we dared each other to write and read out our work – it was good to be reminded of what it is...
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DIGGING FOR STORIES
Hello, November is turning out to be another extremely busy month for Creative Writes! I have been continuing with the pilot series of reading sessions in C&C care homes for people with dementia and one of the poems we have been looking at is ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney. It’s been wonderful to share this with the groups,...
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CHAIRS
Talking chairs I recently bought the second hand chairs pictured above. The online description was written for writers and it was impossible not to buy them! It said that the chairs were made in the 1960’s and were in a Community Centre in Wales – therefore they were sure to have lots of stories to...
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JOURNEYING HOME
Last Saturday, I moved into a new flat. It had been a hectic lead up to the big day, with so much to organise after almost 11 years in the old place. There was a moment, as I travelled in the removal van to help navigate the driver through the road closures(!), with my friends...
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SUMMER SO FAR…
The group scribbling away at Creative Writes Summer Surgery on Saturday Hello & welcome back to our blog!I am a little behind on the blogging, due to a rather busy month of June so far…This Saturday saw the first Creative Writes Summer Surgery in Muswell Hill. There were different writing stations set up around the inspiring...
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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I realised that recently I have been asking a lot of questions…One of the writing exercises that I have been trying out myself and with my groups, has been to imagine emptying the pockets or bags of ourselves at a different age – then of somebody we know well & a character from a different...
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THE GREAT BLOG TOUR
Sutton House – Linenfold Parlour Hello and welcome! I am delighted to be taking part in The Great Blog Tour this week. Last week was Jane Moss, here’s the link to her post: http://joinedupwriters.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/the-great-blog-tour/ Jane is a fellow Lapidus member and kindly invited me on board. We are blogging about our writing processes. Panelling in...
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LISTENING
The Little Chamber, Sutton House – National Trust Happy British Summer Time to you all! It was worth one hour less sleep on Saturday, bring on the longer days.It has been a whirlwind week at Creative Writes headquarters. It would take too much blog space to share it all but here are the highlights…During the...