writing life – Page 16 – Grey Sea & Sky

Stretch Out Your Arms

Nine of us were gathered in the lounge of Burlingame on Pacific University’s campus. It was early, just after seven in the morning, and seemed earlier still, since all nine of us were in the middle of our summer residency for Pacific’s MFA program. We lay on our backs, seven emerging writers and a preeminentContinue reading “Stretch Out Your Arms”

Grief (part 2)

I just finished reading C. S. Lewis’s journal, A Grief Observed, which he wrote following his wife’s death. The edition I read was prefaced with an essay by novelist Madeleine L’Engle and an introduction by Lewis’s stepson, Douglas H. Gresham. Both L’Engle and Gresham discuss the importance of recognizing the uniqueness of each experience ofContinue reading “Grief (part 2)”