We are live, everyone!
Dear Readers and Writers, I’m thrilled to announce the official launch of the NEW Laguna Writers Website! You can check it out by clicking here and utilizing the top navigation bar. You can also learn more about my newest offerings using the links (and enjoying the images) below.
Choose the Workshop or Retreat that Fits
I’m thrilled to share these new offerings with you. Explore the website and learn about my new workshops and retreats.
Sneak Peek of the Retreats in 2027: The Port at Valldemossa, on Mallorca Island (Spain); sunset at Jackson Beach, Friday Harbor, Washington
Finally, I couldn’t end this newsletter without sharing a poem with you. It’s titled, “If you lose your pen,” by Ruth Foreman; you can find it below.
I hope to hear your voice at a workshop or retreat in the latter half of 2026, and hopefully, in 2027 as well.
In the meantime, keep writing.
You inspire me.
If You Lose Your Pen
and all you find is a broken pencil on the floor
and the pencil has no sharpener and the sharpener is in the store
and your pocket has no money
and if you look again
and all you find is a black Bic
and the Bic you need is green
and if it appears beneath the mattress of your couch
but the couch is dirty and you suddenly want to clean
beneath the pillows
but you have no vacuum and the vacuum is in the store
and your pocket has no money
it is not the pen you are looking for
it is your tongue and those who speak with it
your grandmothers and doves and ebony spiders
hovering the corners of your throat
it is your tongue
and if you cannot find your tongue
do not go looking for the cat
you know you will not find her
she is in the neighbor's kitchen eating Friskies
she is in the neighbor's yard making love
if you cannot find your tongue do not look for it
for you are so busy looking it cannot find you
the doves are getting dizzy and your grandmothers annoyed
be still and let them find you
they will come when they are ready
and when they are it will not matter if your pockets are empty
if you write with a green Bic or a black Bic
or the blood of your finger
you will write
you will write
