Writing Across America with @chippewariverwp and @writingproject - a Day Late, But Best Intentions

Phew. There are days that seem impossible with 5 to 6 commitments all scheduled for the same exact time. Even so, I was able to attend the first half of the Chippewa River Writing Project's Write Across America conversation about Michigan, local landmarks, Native-American lands and local sites (On Tuesday, that is). They did a phenomenal job providing numerous prompts and I was lucky to be in a breakout room with fabulous people, including the one and only Dr. Troy Hicks. 

I didn't know where my head was going with the writing, but after seeing my brother-in-law and nephew depart their short stay, and seeing the bed arrangement I had for Dylan, I took a photograph of the patterns. When the call was to write about a landmark, I thought about a temporary house-mark and wrote about it. 

I'm fortunate to be in Stratford (like the one upon Avon in England), but in Connecticut along the Long Island Sound. I was drawn to this area for ecological sanity and I realized my bedspread and pillows sort of captured many of the reasons why I chose this location. 

So, I wrote about that. 

There's a lot of moving parts to my week (heck, the whole summer), but I am thankful to the National Writing Project family for always inspiring me to stop and capture a few words for each day. For a few short moments I was Landmarked & Coasting. 

Okay, calendar, now back to the grind. Any moment spent writing and being creative is a moment I much, much prefer. But back to the academic and administrative sides of things for a day.