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Looking Back
In the year 2001, I was 45 and my Alicia had mega dreams of going to college. My son Dante was into baseball and the late night social scene. Those years of raising young adults were anything but...
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What I want to remember
We provided a writing prompt to our members recently and received interesting and varied responses. We’re sharing a few on our blog – here’s the third one. Keep in mind these are quick writes to a...
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On Mothering, Mindfulness, & Madness
Our guest speaker on Sunday July 14th is Pamela Alma Weymouth, who writes a humor blog for the Huffington Post on parenting and divorce. She is not to be missed! If you forget a glass dish on a hot...
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What I Want To Remember
We provided a writing prompt to our members recently and received interesting and varied responses. We’re sharing a few on our blog – here’s the fourth and final one. Keep in mind these are quick...
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Last day of school
As our kids go back to school, let’s look at one mom’s memory of the last day of school. Did summer go by too fast for you? Last Day of School Our boys hosted a garage concert on the last...
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Defining Femininity
I was driving my seven-year-old son Nick and his buddy Ricky home from our swim club. Ah, I loved the easy days of summer spent poolside. A little chit chat with other moms, a short nap, and time to...
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Why I Write
I blame my obsession with words on being the first-born child. I was shy and reserved while my younger brother and sister were loud, rowdy, and always-in motion. Books allowed me an escape from their...
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Interview interrupted
Kate Hopper’s memoir Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood came out October 3rd. Janine Kovac sat down to interview Kate for Literary Mama’s Profiles section, the way mamas do...
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Little Bits of Paper
My ten-year-old daughter Savannah makes lists. I find them everywhere – lists of books, friends, dance moves; lists of songs, and hypoallergenic dogs. She makes schedules – for parties, for...
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Tonight – We are performing at Lit Crawl
October 19th — Lit Crawl: Let Go or Be Dragged We’re reading at Phase One of the Lit Crawl! Come see us kick off the Crawl at La Cumbre 515 Valencia St in San Francisco’s Mission District from 6pm to...
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Write the best essay you can write
When I saw the cover photo on the Lit Camp website last year—the one with six lawn chairs overlooking green countryside—I started salivating. Four days in wine country. Stellar faculty. Rustic cabins....
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The Best of the Best – A-Z 2013
In a fit of utter madness, the Write On Mamas decided to enter the A-Z Blog Challenge once again in April. This is when you post on a different letter of the alphabet on each day of April. We managed...
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In a fit of utter madness, the Write On Mamas decided to enter the A-Z Blog Challenge once again in April. This is when you post on a different letter of the alphabet on each day of April. We managed...
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A is for Anthology
Welcome to the Write On Mamas. We are a writing group based in the San Francisco North Bay area. We will have 25 Mamas and one Papa writing on a different letter of the alphabet during the A-Z Blog...
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C is for Curls
Welcome to the Write On, Mamas! We are a writing group based in the San Francisco North Bay area. We will have 25 Mamas and one Papa writing on a different letter of the alphabet during the A-Z Blog...
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E is for Empty Nest
Welcome to the Write On, Mamas! We are a writing group based in the San Francisco North Bay area. We will have 25 Mamas and one Papa writing on a different letter of the alphabet during the A-Z Blog...
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H is for Happy
Photography by Mary Allison Tierney My daughter Josie is the happiest person I know. In fact, whenever someone asks about her, the first thing that comes to mind is to say that she is happy-go-lucky,...
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I is for Inspiration
Photography by Mary Allison Tierney Writers, aspiring or published, have all heard the old saw that we should write about what we know. But what if ‘what you know’ isn’t really that inspiring? At...
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J is for Jeffrey
Photography by Mary Allison Tierney Jeffrey, my son, is the reason I have three six-year-olds. He is not one of them. Born prematurely, he did not survive. But what did is my brief memory of him as...
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K is for Keep Out!
Photography by Mary Allison Tierney Writing started off as something done in secret or in the few stray moments I could catch during the day. I had a vague idea of what I wanted to write about and...
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