Category Archives: The Writing Room

Greetings for 2012

Posted on 24 January 2012 by MEY

During the darkest weeks of this winter season, I stepped back to take in the fullness of the past year. The reflection surfaced gratitude, personally and professionally. As days began to lengthen, I retreated to Trout Lake in the Hiawatha … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Event, HerStories, Spirituality, The Writing Room | Tagged Colleen Deatsman, Gone Wired Cafe, healing, Marycela, Quakerism, shaminism | 1 Comment

Give Away

Posted on 25 October 2011 by MEY

At the workshop “Writing as Healing,” participants taught me the importance of listening, often times a challenge for wordy-types like myself. The lesson especially was fitting for a program being given at The Listening Ear Crisis Center, which offers a … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Poetry, Spirituality, The Writing Room, Workshop | Tagged Caroline Myss, Gloria Anzaldúa, listening, The Listening Ear | 2 Comments

Playing with Shadows

Posted on 24 October 2011 by MEY

My recent workshop “Writing as Healing” gave rise to a new piece, also inspired by recent events that reminded me about laying down the power of past pains. It’s a poem-in-progress called “Give Away,” and I look forward to sharing … Continue reading →

Posted in Circle Home, Event, Lansing, Poetry, The Writing Room, Workshop, Writing in the Dark | Tagged Coyote Wisdom Bookstore, Fenner Nature Center, Triple Goddess Bookstore | Leave a comment

New Open Mic!

Posted on 10 October 2011 by MEY

Good news! Greater Lansing has a new open mic for written and spoken-word that starts tonight at Gone Wired Cafe, 2021 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. Sign-up begins at 7:45pm with the open mic at 8:00pm. The event is free … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, The Writing Room | Tagged Gone Wired Cafe, open mic, Women's Center of Greater Lansing | Leave a comment

Unpacking Embodying Our Words

Posted on 21 February 2011 by MEY

In anticipation of Embodying Our Words – a HerStories program in the greater Lansing area held February 18 and 19 – I reread Gloria Anzaldúa’s essay “now let us shift . . . the path of conocimiento . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in HerStories, Poetry, The Writing Room | Tagged embodied writing, Gloria Anzaldúa | 3 Comments

V-Day 2011

Posted on 14 February 2011 by MEY

Do you know about V-Day? The ‘V’ in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. It is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. Wherever you are in the world search here to locate events, explore … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, HerStories, Sexuality&Gender, The Writing Room | Tagged vagina monologues | Leave a comment

New Year Happenings

Posted on 22 January 2011 by MEY

We’re well into January 2011, yet still I wish you a very happy New Year! This month debuts a collaborative blog on deyofthephoenix.com titled The Writing Room. It’s the online counterpart to a creative writing circle that I facilitate twice … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Event, HerStories, The Writing Room | 1 Comment