Laurie Wagner Buyer is one of the Western writers who contributed essays to the anthology “Come Back Wolves: Western Writers Welcome the Wolf Home.”
One of the reviewers of Comeback Wolves worded it this way:
“If you believe that literature has the power to change the world, then you will love Comeback Wolves. It’s beautiful, important, and full of wild hope.” — Kathleen Dean Moore
As the last post in Women’s MemoirWomen of Inspiration s Women’s History Month question of what women inspire us, I wrote about the Women of Inspiration in my life. It honors eight women who give me hope in becoming the kind of old woman I want to be. All six are in their 80’s and…
“They welcomed me by letting me know that they hadn’t let me go. I was remembered. As far as they were concerned, no matter how far I roamed or what we’d had to do to survive, I was still in the story with them, and had never actually left the village.” Martín Prechtel Artist Writer…
FREE AUDIO BOOK! Leave a comment on this week’s featured video and become eligible for winning a free copy of “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.” Janet will run a raffle using random numbers among the comments. Wow! Two posts up this Monday June 29th…and a podcast this Friday, July 3rd. Week…
On Matilda Butler’s and Kendra Bonnett’s Women’s Memoirs “Book Raves” I’ve reviewed Linda Joy Myers’ The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story Linda’s book combines a manual of writing craft with a companion to guide the writer’s psyche towards health and wholeness. As a family therapist Myers understandably focuses on family-based memoir,…
Joel Heffner is a man of many projects. One of his really fun ones is a site called “How We Became Writers: This is how we did it.” He’s just posted my story of how I became a writer which includes my poem “Scribbler,” from “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary.” You can read the entire post…
Reverse chronological order…. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born. (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) My parents Erwin A. Thompson and Ruth E. Thompson were married June 6, 1942 (66th anniversary today). D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Erwin and Ruth Thompson snuggle up on a past…
Comeback Wolves came out in 2005 (and won the Colorado Book Award the next year) and now it looks like wolves are gradually filtering back into the state, including what may be the first pack in western Colorado. I’m with Kathy Moore–I believe that literature has the power to change the world (one reason I, like Laurie, contributed a piece to the anthology). And it looks like we may be right!
Dear Susan,
You and Laurie are dedicated to “Teraphilia” in action. You’ve used your writing and your lives toward a causes you believe in to guide the world to a stronger and healthier balance.
Thanks for chiming in.
Janet Riehl