Nov 2, 2012
(This is what happens when a tired Morgan writes about being tired.) Late night writing really isn’t my style. I prefer a clear brain to think, not one muddled by the confusing fog that clouds the late hours. It really is the best description for it. A fog. It slowly settles into your head the later it […]
Nov 2, 2012
They’re all around me. The voices of others. Telling me what i should or shouldn’t do branding me with their words Cluttering my mind. They cloud my view of the world. All these people and all these lies. But here i sit in the wild wilderness and for the first time in days, months, maybe […]
Nov 1, 2012
From Abby’s writing project. I started to sing. I sang a love song about two soul mates and one of them getting hit by a train. I sang it in the tune of my least favorite pop song, the one that was on the radio seven times a day. I smiled, wind blowing through the […]
Nov 1, 2012
An excerpt from Chase Hamrick’s writing project Chase and Brandon got up at about Seven o’clock as they do every day which was followed by a bowl of cereal beside the wood stove with a small fire mom had made. Let the chickens out, feed them, clean their water and get the eggs, ok? Chase […]
Nov 1, 2012
This post written by staff member Matt Sanderson, cross-posted from his blog. On the thirteenth of October I stumbled off a bus in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Bleary eyed from lack of sleep and approximately nine hours of travel, I asked the bus driver where main street was. He pointed, and I navigated the streets until I […]
Nov 1, 2012
Pumpkin carving. Seeds for roasting. Poetry reading. $2 burritos at Chipotle (if you’re in costume). Taking over every seat at Chipotle. Beeeeeeeaaaaannnnss….. Trick-or-treating. Yours truly, with a real corn-cob pipe. Candy trading. The Unschool Adventures 2012 Writing Retreat group. The Unschool Adventures 2012 Writing Retreat group, 1800’s deadpan. The Unschool Adventures 2012 Writing Retreat […]
Oct 31, 2012
Things I have had to google recently in the name of writing research: “Prom dresses 2001” (poofy and pastel, apparently) “Average height 11 year old girl” (4’3″) “Bad boy nicknames” (got nothing) “fictional charactername generator” (Recomended by Paul, but I still couldn’t name this dude! he is currently called Max. Not sure how I feel […]
Oct 30, 2012
So after a lot of water and 80 mph sand buried into my skin and hair the night finally came to Hyannis. During the poetry reading last night Sage, Jessica, Lee, Laura and I were in the lounge ‘writing’ (well, Jessica was) when I discovered my computer had been stepped on by some strange force […]
Oct 29, 2012
(Note from author Sophie: a “lamby” is a sheep skin that I have slept on and loved since I was a few days old.) Outside the window, wind rushes. It’s so strong it makes the grass move and form patterns. The sky is covered in a dark gray blanket. It reminds me of my childhood, […]
Oct 29, 2012
(Note from author Virginia: I’m going to share a few anecdotes from my day, because I feel like they really show what it’s like here.) This morning I woke up in a bit of a funk and stumbled down to the kitchen to find Raven bouncing off the walls with happiness. The second she saw […]