Hi Fire Writers! I wanted to share an amazing storyteller/jungian therapist @Shey Khandro introduced me to-- Hazel Gale of Betwixt. I just listened to her Baba Yaga story and discovered deeper mythic inner insights that have totally lit me up. We are all connected by story! Hazel has a lot of powerful myths and fairytales to share see which ones resonate with you!

In the heat of our fabulous Writing the Body workshop I forgot to wish the fabulous and amazing @Cate Fitt a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 🎉🥳 Is this 81, Cate?? You are such an inspiration and I'm so happy you are a part of Writing Fire!

Dear Fire Writers! Please join me tomorrow morning for Right Now I Am at 11 AM EST! It's powerful medicine to spill everything you're thinking and feeling out onto the page. Because then you get to decide which parts to leave behind and which parts to carry into your day! Below are a few of my favorite photos from the last 2 days. NATURE!!! I am SO grateful for each one of you in our small but beautiful writing community!! Big love, Valley Jane💘

(from about 2015) I am wearing the last of my mother's nightgowns. When I brought them home, I could hold the pile up to my face and breathe deeply of her lingering presence. They were the only nighties I wore for years, until one by one, they became ragged and torn beyond use. I don't know why the blue one lasted longest despite fraying cuffs and thinning fabric. These night gowns were my mother's final wardrobe.Her everyday wear when she had grown too frail to do more than walk with help from the pink recliner where she slept to the swivel chair by the table and television. She called it her command post, where she greeted her stream of caregivers and visitors, watched Jeopardy and cheered the UConn Lady Huskies basketball team. She reminded me of a baby bird the way her short silky hair stood up like pin feathers and her mouth would stay open from her attempts to breathe naturally.

Hi fire writers! What's your fave time of day to write and/or take writing workshops?? We'd love to know! If you'd like to be more specific, please add details in the comments!