Writing at Pink Tractor Farm

Originally Posted 12/30/09 on Save the Farm Blog:

As part of my campaign to hold on to our way of life, I am doing something I haven't done in a very, very long time. I am teaching writing workshops in my home.


A wonderful teacher and friend, Eunice Scarfe, encouraged me to take this step.

"What's your place like?" she asked. I answered without hesitation, "Cozy and warm." Eunice smiled and nodded, and a new purpose for Pink Tractor Farm was born.

Registration for the sessions beginning in January has been light so far. I tried leaving small piles of flyers around town, but apparently nobody allows that any more.

A notice posted on a bulletin board or in a window was the best I could manage. I did those postings with my grandkids so it was worthwhile whether anybody sees them or not.

I must now decide whether or not to go with small workshop groups this time out. And, if I don't do that, should I offer these workshops again at another time, perhaps a less busy season?

I do like the idea of writing and sharing in my welcoming living room. We shall see if that is meant to happen.

I am copying the text of my flyer here, in case you haven't yet seen it and would care to comment. Meanwhile, cross fingers for me if you are of a mind to do so.

WRITE FOR LIFE WORKSHOPS
And So We Begin….
A gathering of women writing and sharing.
Telling stories from our lives, then and now.
Circling in to a community of words and feelings.
Given voice in stories deserving to be told.
We come together in January when it can be dark
and we will create light.