writing : blog
This drawing of me was completed at dinner tonight by Tess. I’m assuming the bad staccato hair and dark circles under, around, and surrounding my eyes are the result of the 20 airplane flights I’ve taken thus far in January, with four more to go this next week. Let me pause for a shout out to Franny who works at…
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Last November, we held the very first 37days retreat at a beautiful space in the mountains of North Carolina. It was so successful and fulfilling and just plain fun that we’re offering another 37days retreat, "Mind the Gap: The Power of Personal Stories," on September 26-28, 2007. Information on that weekend retreat will be forthcoming. If you’re interested to receive…
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37 days goes by quickly. So does a life. After a young woman named Meta died this past fall, and in the slightly homebound recuperation following my fall in November, I created a 37days calendar for 2007 to raise money for a scholarship fund in Meta’s memory. The third and final printing of that calendar is now complete. If you’d…
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If there are 37days readers in the Seattle area who are interested in engaging across difference and other diversity issues, perhaps you might find our upcoming interactive, experiential public seminar on January 23rd to be of interest. We’d love to see you there.
“A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don’t find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.” – James Matthew Barrie There is something about a new year’s eve that drives me into a cleaning frenzy,…
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Readers were generous to share their suggestions for our 2007 reading challenge – you can find the list of books suggested by 37days readers here. The challenge has begun! [These lovely and too-well organized to be in my home shelves are indeed, not mine. Instead, they are from the gorgeous home of friends in jemez springs, new mexico…I want to…
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"for whatever we lost (like a you or a me) / it’s always ourselves we find in the sea" – e.e. cummings stop the presses! the prodigal son has returned! first person to guess where I found it gets a fantastic, handmade, rubber band held-together one-of-a-kind 37days calendar (or sumpin)!
Patti Digh is the author of six books, including bestsellers Life is a Verb and Creative is a Verb. She travels the world teaching others about mindfulness: to live fully, love well, let go deeply, and make a difference. Patti's comments have appeared on PBS and in The New York Times, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the London Financial Times, and many other international publications. She writes a thank you note every morning.
