by Laurie Wagner | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Every day for the last week and a half the Bay Area has woken up to the smell of smoke – an instant reminder that the North Bay is still burning, and that the lives of many of our Northern neighbors have been completely altered. At last count, 40 people had died,...
by Laurie Wagner | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog
Friends, artists, activists, writers, and lovers of everything beautiful, Our world is spinning off its axis. We lost Tom Petty, Las Vegas is reeling, Puerto Rico is still waiting, Florida and Mexico are recovering. Not to mention all the people we love who are sick,...
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...
