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Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

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Imprinting

Then one night I heard her remark, quite casually in the bath, ”I’m a bad kid.” I felt like someone had poured a bucket of ice water over my head.…

The Wild Things | September 2015 | By Beth Malone


Stung

”Well, clearly I’m not needed here, ” I said to Marc, shoving on my shoes. I felt like my own child’s temporary babysitter, just waiting for the real parent to…

The Wild Things | June 2015 | By Beth Malone


Write Now: Why You Really Can’t Wait Any Longer

Having written the Senior Mama column here for the past two years, I’ve decided to take advantage of my position as Wise Older Woman to offer some writing encouragement for…

Senior Mama | May 2015 | By B. L. Pike


Birthing the Mother Writer Class 5: The Spectrum of Creative Nonfiction

In Class 5 of Birthing the Mother Writer, Cassie invites readers to submit a book review of one of the six nonfiction books she’s suggested, or else one of their…

Birthing the Mother Writer | May 2015 | By Cassie Premo Steele


Whoopsie-Baby

I might have a little touch of the fever. It’s not just the puppies. Inside Starbucks, there’s a three-month-old baby gurgling inside her car seat while her mother waits in…

The Wild Things | April 2015 | By Beth Malone


Calling Home

Home. That small, one-syllable word carries a huge amount of weight. How much of what we call home has to do with location, and how much is about the people…

Calling Home | April 2015 | By Ona Gritz


Reader Response to Birthing the Mother Writer Class 4: The Roll/Role of Dialogue in Fiction

In last month’s “Birthing the Mother Writer” class, we were introduced to dialogue in fiction as a way of keeping the plot and narrative “rolling,” while also revealing the hidden…

Birthing the Mother Writer | April 2015 | By Cassie Premo Steele


Healing Arts

I left Peñasco and returned to my classes, fell in love, married, moved away, but never quite forgot the women of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, who passed their healing…

Senior Mama | March 2015 | By B. L. Pike


Making Room

Love should come, I thought, like breathing, like a beating heart: effortlessly. But it did not come effortlessly, and I felt so guilty. Guilty and terrified.

The Wild Things | March 2015 | By Beth Malone


Birthing the Mother Writer Class 4: The Roll/Role of Dialogue in Fiction

In Class 4 of Birthing the Mother Writer, Cassie invites readers to submit a short story of 700-1000 words that shows an adept use of dialogue.

Birthing the Mother Writer | March 2015 | By Cassie Premo Steele


Reader Response to Birthing the Mother Writer Class 3: The Arc/Ark of Narrative

In last month’s column, Cassie Premo Steele asked readers to submit short stories that demonstrate the principles of narrative timing and scene making. Here’s the story Cassie chose, along with…

Birthing the Mother Writer | February 2015 | By Cassie Premo Steele


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