by Chris Woodside | Feb 2, 2015 | Get This
Mark Kramer Announcing the keynote speaker at my Writing from Nature workshop this June 12-14: Mark Kramer, narrative writer and teacher, director of Boston University’s The Power of Narrative writing conference, my writing workshop leader, and author of the...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 30, 2014 | Get This
Stream that feeds into Ammonoosuc Lake, Crawford North, NH I have just returned from the White Mountains of New Hampshire. My knee has been acting up, so I did not hike very much—just the Around-the-Lake Trail in Crawford Notch. I gave two evening talks, one at the...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 27, 2014 | Get This
The cover of the newly published memoir reveals an idealized image of the young Laura Ingalls Wilder In her annotations to the newly released Pioneer Girl, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s earliest-known memoir, editor Pamela Smith Hill perpetuates an idea that I think...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 9, 2014 | Get This
Chris guest-teaching journalism students at the University of Hartford In 2010, I taught a course called “Writing in Motion” at the Green Street Arts Center in Middletown, Connecticut. I still gather for meals, reading, and talk with three of my former...
by Chris Woodside | Nov 12, 2014 | Get This
Connecticut River, looking south from Chester, CT, November 11, 2014 Armistice Day. Veterans’ Day. Four months until my birthday. Opening day of late duck-hunting season. I took this photo of the Connecticut River in Chester, Connecticut, while out for a walk...
by Chris Woodside | Oct 7, 2014 | Get This
Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Squam Lake, New Hampshire, site of the workshop Unearthing Ideas in the Elements: Three Days on Squam Lake with Chris Woodside Many writers already realize that their work is not merely an indoor, sedentary pursuit but that the best ideas...
