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Mama Writer

Mama Writer is the mother of two very active boys. She is also writing her doctoral dissertation in the field of composition, the topic of which addresses the challenges of being a working mother. She actively presents her work at professional conferences, as well as teaches graduate-level writing courses.
  Creativity begets creativity. I found this out myself as a hunkered down to finish writing my dissertation and found, surprisingly, that my love of knitting resurged with a vengeance. As I knit, I thought of new ideas for my writing, and as I w ... Read more...
Elements of nature can reflect back elements of your inner self, says nature writing expert Mary Reynolds Thompson (http://www.reclaimingthewildsoul.com/) . Using a ... Read more...
Who is your true self? How can you find her? “Who am I, really?” is a question that I have pondered since I was a little girl. Unlike some people, I never seemed to see a clear path ahead, jumpi ... Read more...
My youngest son seems to have an inclination for sports, all kinds. Baseball, football, soccer, swimming, hockey, and hockey ball (miniature golf). And he likes sports equipment. Recently in Sears, he insisted on getting a batting helmet. Although ... Read more...
Have you ever had the experience of one small event setting off a chain of unrelated events, much like a line of dominos? It’s as if that first rogue occurrence upsets some sort of cosmic balance. This sounds so far-fetched that I’ve di ... Read more...
Recently reading Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, I was struck by a passage in which Sue Monk Kidd describes an unusual painting depicting the Madonna and Child: Read more...
My son has decided that he wants to learn to play hockey. He has signed up for a beginner’s class at our local ice rink and has asked me to take him to the free skate on this Friday night before the first class. Not wanting him to be out by h ... Read more...
Portsmouth Island, an uninhabited island along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, has been called the “hidden jewel” of the Outer Banks and is part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. Boasting a real ghost town of about 20 buildings ... Read more...
Vacations are a time to relax and rejuvenate, right? Maybe, but the pre-vacation period can be anything but. Why, why, why do we try to accomplish so much in an already hectic time? My mother recalled a time ... Read more...
I recently defended the first three chapters of my doctoral dissertation. For those of you not familiar with the process of writing a dissertation, it involves coming up with a feasible topic and writing a short proposal (a proce ... Read more...