Write Your Life!: On Visiting The Clare: a Rictameter

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

On Visiting The Clare: a Rictameter

On Visiting The Clare at Watertower

The Clare:

Dream and promise,

Soon to come true as I

Plan my move for January.

Problems? Yes, but now I've been inside to

See reality, think ahead,

Hope for a happy life,

I welcome you,

The Clare.

1 comment:

Pat's Place said...: Good luck with the move--and all the other things going on in your life right now.; December 17, 2008 at 11:18 AM

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I live on the thirty-fifth floor of a senior highrise on Chicago's Gold Coast. I retired in 1999 after 40 years in the English Department of Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, where I was department chair for 7 years and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96.

In late 2005, I found myself retired, widowed, 73, and depressed, so I set out to find contentment through reflection and writing. My first published book, Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor (2006), is a series of personal essays recounting that quest and some of the experiences that came before it. My second is Seniorwriting: A Brief Guide for Seniors Who Want to Write (2007). My third is poetry, Elder Expectations: My Life in Rictameters (2008). My writing also includes a column for eGenerations.com.

I advocate writing for everyone, and hope to encourage my fellow senior citizens to write. I am a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, The Story Circle Network, The Authors Marketing Group, and the Chicago Writers Associaion and a volunteer at the Chicago Cultural Center. Please comment on my posts!

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