by Laurie Wagner | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog
Last Friday morning my Mother emailed me and said, “I heard that Hawaii is gearing up for a nuclear attack. Do you know anything about this?” An hour later I read on my newsfeed that a rogue planet called Nibiru is on a collision course with the earth and everything...
by Laurie Wagner | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog
This may come as a surprise to people who know me and my work with the Wild Writing practice, where for the last 20 years I have taught people to write as poorly as possible and to release the parts of themselves that they use to impress others, but I don’t like...
by Laurie Wagner | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog
This morning I watched my 22-year-old daughter Ruby, and her 22-year-old boyfriend Anton, pull out of our yard, their car packed to the roof, as they headed out for their new life together in Seattle. They also had a surfboard tethered to the top of the car. Tethered...
by Laurie Wagner | Jun 21, 2017 | Blog
A few months ago I was hired to write with cancer patients at a hospital near my home. The woman who hired me brings artists, writers and musicians into the hospital to give patients some relief from what they’re going through, and an opportunity to channel this time...
by Laurie Wagner | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog
“Oh mom, you’re going to be fine.” That’s my 21-year-old responding to me this morning on Facetime when I told her that I was flipping out about my brand new 5-month Wild Writing Teacher Training, which starts in one week. “You got this,” she said, rolling her eyes,...
by Laurie Wagner | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog
