by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 1, 2023 | Writing
Summer Then How is it that in my 76th year, I continue to look forward to the first day of summer just as I did when I was a child? Back then, I couldn’t contain the anticipated happiness and feeling of freedom that came in the package that was summer. School was...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jun 20, 2023 | Writing
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT MY “BUSINESS” RESISTANCE As much as I resist the “business” of writing, I know- KNOW- it’s part of my writing life. It’s not like I don’t know what to do or how. I’ve got charts, categories of folders with writing...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jan 14, 2023 | Writing
Getting Ready to Write Somewhere in my writing life I realized getting ready to write preceded the actual sitting down and putting pen to paper (historical reference #1). In the early days of my writing career, it was claiming a place to write. Over the years it has...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jan 2, 2023 | Events
THE EASTSIDE WRITING ROOM Jan. 2023 And here we go! We are entering a decade of the EASTSIDE WRITING ROOM. Every Tuesday every week, every month, every season, every year since 2013. YOU’RE INVITED TO WRITE WITH US This year will be the most exciting time for our...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Oct 16, 2022 | Writing
I was pretty smug for two years after my cataract surgery. No glasses needed… ever. I could read ingredients on vitamin bottles, see veins on leaves, wave to hikers up in the Catalina Mountains from my office window here in the foothills. My doctor advised I might...