What are the small things to anchor you?

Photo by Dan Freeman on Unsplash

                    Maple and Leaves 

I look up
pleased to notice 
Maple.
Astonished—
by her size 
Her dark red leaves 
flourish  
I move to the ground
happy to lean 
into her trunk  
Empty handed 
Nothing to distract me   
Turning a new leaf? 
She inquires 
I smile 
And watch her leaves
tumble to my feet
My body surrenders
her roots my anchor—
I am secure. 

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Thank you to Darin, Sharon, Karen, Linda, Wendy, Diane and Sylvie for joining me on Friday to write. And next week we will be open til noon. We meet back in our Zoom room this Friday from 11-12 EST.

What is Write Together Friday?

This is a weekly digital meet-up that gives you the support, time and accountability to sit down and write with others. Absolutely no writing experience is necessary to join – all types of writing and writers are welcome.

How does it work?

Write together Friday is an opportunity to write for an hour. You write whatever you’d like. And you do it in the (virtual) company of other Run to Write community members.

We’ll be together on Zoom for an hour with two blocks of writing. We’ll take a brief break in the middle and cheers to each other at the end. Here’s how the current structure looks:

• Welcome and lightning intros

• Two minute warm up writing prompt

• 25’ish minutes of writing

• Break

• 25’ish minutes of writing

• Wrap up and next steps

A huge thank you goes out to Ethos Connect for allowing me to use their Zoom room and structure here.