by Carla Gasser | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
After joining the Redbud Writers Guild a few years ago, I was like the girl who finally received an invitation to the popular, pretty girl’s birthday party—excited and thrilled to be included but wondering if I truly belonged. So, I stayed on the periphery, observing...
by Kim Findlay | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
I sat on the edge of the bed, weary from the 12 hours I spent in my car driving the first leg of a 16-hour trip from Massachusetts to Illinois. My body longed for rest, but my mind wasn’t ready to settle. I was too excited for the upcoming Redbud Writer’s...
by Kendra Broekhuis | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
The same wave of nerves that walked me into middle school somehow made their way back from 2001 to accompany me to the Redbud Writers Retreat. New to the guild, I felt jittery walking into the first whole-group gathering of the weekend. The expansive room was peppered...
by Prasanta Verma | Oct 1, 2022 | Faith and Culture
The poem “Mourners” by Ted Kooser,1 about folks meeting at a funeral, ends with the following lines: They came this afternoon to say goodbye, but now they keep saying hello and hello, peering into each other’s faces, slow to let go of each other’s hands. In this poem,...
by Melanie Weldon-Soiset | Apr 1, 2021 | Poetry
How would you describe the summer of 2020? What images and words come to mind? For me, I see my fingers curling around a cobalt blue pen, my knuckles dried out from floods of hand sanitizer. I’m sitting on a bench by a local river on a sunny June afternoon. A few days...
