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    My Father, the Writer
    Lisa Colburn
    • 6 days ago
    • 6 min

    My Father, the Writer

    Whenever I came home from college, where I was studying English literature, my father, Wendall Kinney, would tease me: “What are you...
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    Creating in the Middle of Things
    Lisa Colburn
    • May 31
    • 4 min

    Creating in the Middle of Things

    In the past few weeks my best ideas have come to me while lying on the acupuncture table, my skin bristling with stainless steel needles...
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    Visiting Emily Dickinson's House
    Lisa Colburn
    • Apr 21
    • 3 min

    Visiting Emily Dickinson's House

    I’ve been rooting around in my workshop notebooks for the past few months looking for material I may want to develop (a practice I highly...
    89 views4 comments
    Permission Granted
    Lisa Colburn
    • Mar 30
    • 4 min

    Permission Granted

    A few weeks ago my husband and I had dinner with friends who asked about the creativity coach training I’m taking with author and...
    154 views0 comments
    Reading Incarcerated Writers
    Lisa Colburn
    • Feb 1
    • 3 min

    Reading Incarcerated Writers

    For the past two and a half years, I have been responding to the writing of incarcerated people from around the United States as a...
    135 views0 comments
    Retreat + Journal = Transformation
    Lisa Colburn
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Retreat + Journal = Transformation

    Last night I arrived home from a five-day personal writing retreat with a couple of friends at the Highlights Foundation’s retreat center...
    164 views2 comments
    Listening for Your Original Voice
    Lisa Colburn
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Listening for Your Original Voice

    Last month, after my mother and I were both fully vaccinated, I flew to Maine to visit her for Mother’s Day. She picked me up in Portland...
    146 views0 comments
    The Gift of Legacy
    Sue McCollum
    • May 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Gift of Legacy

    The 120-year-old embroidery piece my grandmother created when she was a teen hangs on my office wall. It was a sewing exercise for her to...
    139 views0 comments
    The Week That Changed My Life
    Lisa Colburn
    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Week That Changed My Life

    “Tell me something I can’t forget.”—Pat Schneider, founder of Amherst Writers & Artists I can’t forget Pat Schneider’s charming yellow...
    184 views7 comments
    Writers on Reading
    Lisa Colburn
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 12 min

    Writers on Reading

    March is National Reading Month, which I am happy to celebrate since—like most writers—I love to read! My earliest reading memories are...
    229 views1 comment
    Bye for Now, Bailey
    Lisa Colburn
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Bye for Now, Bailey

    Everything you go through grows you – Bob Sima, “No Mud, No Lotus” On Monday night I had the honor of hosting a special event to launch...
    266 views6 comments
    Finding Joy
    Lisa Colburn
    • Jan 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Finding Joy

    “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it...
    373 views6 comments
    Remembering Pat Schneider
    Lisa Colburn
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Remembering Pat Schneider

    It wasn’t Emily Dickinson who put Amherst, Massachusetts on the map for me: it was Pat Schneider. Pat was a gifted poet, author, and...
    315 views0 comments
    Phenomenal Women
    Lisa Colburn
    • May 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Phenomenal Women

    In early March I offered this video of Maya Angelou reading her poem "Phenomenal Woman" as a writing prompt to celebrate International...
    82 views0 comments
    Beginning Again (and Again)
    Lisa Colburn
    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    Beginning Again (and Again)

    Do you ever want to hit the reset button and begin again? I certainly do, especially when it comes to my writing practice. As many of you...
    120 views1 comment
    The Perfect Writer's Getaway
    Lisa Colburn
    • Oct 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Perfect Writer's Getaway

    I am writing this at my desk in cabin #20 at the Highlights Foundation’s retreat center. As I look out my window past the screened-in...
    158 views0 comments
    Writer Showcase: Lynn Lothman
    Lisa Colburn
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    Writer Showcase: Lynn Lothman

    I've enjoyed having Lynn Lothman as a participant in my Monday afternoon Amherst Writers & Artists workshop, “Writing from the Heart.”...
    81 views0 comments
    Writer Showcase: Barbara Leary
    Lisa Colburn
    • Mar 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Writer Showcase: Barbara Leary

    It's been far too long since I've showcased one of the talented writers in my Monday afternoon women's writing workshop, "Writing from...
    82 views0 comments
    10 Things To Do on a Snow Day
    Lisa Colburn
    • Feb 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    10 Things To Do on a Snow Day

    Where I live in Loudoun County, the snow is falling thickly. According to the forecast, we are supposed to get up to 10 inches, which is...
    120 views0 comments
    Where Do You Write?
    Lisa Colburn
    • Aug 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    Where Do You Write?

    Sometimes I think I do my best writing on my friend Summer Hardinge’s screen porch. As a writing workshop leader, I have long realized...
    96 views0 comments
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