Kate Dyer-Seeley  

When I first began writing, I attended a workshop taught by the award winning poet and memoirist Judith Barrington.  I had read a number of her books and was thrilled when I learned she was teaching a workshop on the craft of memoir writing.  Her class didn’t disappoint.  And, I learned one invaluable lesson that has stuck with me as my writing has [...]

A packed stadium, the smell of fresh cut grass and grilling hot dogs…nothing’s better on a summer evening then kicking back with a cold beer and watching your local team knock one out the park.  Come July here in P-town it will be better because while you’re taking in a game you can support a [...]

Rose Festival season in Portland historically guarantees one thing:  rain.  It never seems to fail that the moment Ferris wheels and cotton candy machines are wheeled into downtown the rain begins and continues throughout the Festival’s parades and garden tours.  Knowing this soggy fact I thought nothing of participating in the Starlight Run when I [...]