Guest Blogging @ Practicing Writing: Digesting AROHO

Erika Dreifus, our lovely Practicing Writing Blogger, posted Part II of my experience at the retreat hosted by A Room Of Her Own (AROHO.) I think you’ll enjoy reading some tidbits of wisdom I learned from the workshop leaders, like Rita Dove, and more.
You can read Part I here.
Thanks, Erika!

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Guest Blogging @ Practicing Writing {A Women’s Writing Retreat: One Woman’s Treat and Necessity}

Thank you to Erika Dreifus for inviting me to blog a second time for her wonderful Practicing Writing blog. (You might remember my first blog, Writing Your Family History.)
I mentioned to Erika that I would be attending A Room of Her Own’s summer writing retreat on the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. She asked me [...]

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Guest Blog: A minute to say hello, a card to last forever. How to address everyone at your wedding.

Hillary Dorwart and her groom handwrote a card to every single guest at their wedding. Each individual card addressed something about their individual relationship. Wow! I asked Hillary to share her experiences with us. I think you’ll be as touched as I was to read this story.
 

A minute to say hello, a card to last [...]

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Guest Blogging @ OneWed: Finding the best readings for your wedding

Thanks to OneWed for inviting me to blog about how to find the best readings for your wedding. It is a great site and I think you’ll enjoy the collection of Expert Tips and Advice.
Feel free to comment below on your favorite wedding reading ideas.

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Guest Blogging @ Survive Wedding Season

Thanks so much for posting my Expert Survival Tip: Personalized Wedding Poems, Survive Wedding Season!
Readers, I hope you’ll click through their great website. It is a unique online destination specifically designed for wedding guests. They give great advice, from bachelorette parties to gifts. Enjoy!

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Guest Blog: Russian Weddings and Traditions

Hans and I met Galina Gorokhova and her husband Vitaliy at the Kenville Dance Studios, where we take ballroom dance classes. Recently, they kindly had us over for a Russian cooking class (more details to come in another entry) and shared their wedding pictures and some of their wedding video with us. In each picture, you can see how in [...]

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Guest Blogging @ BravoBride

I recently guest blogged for BravoBride. I invite you to read my piece Writing your own wedding vows: To Have, and to hold, and … {fill in the blank.}
Thanks, Susan, for the opportunity. Read more about BravoBride here.

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Guest Blogging @ Practicing Writing:Writing Your Family History

 
Writing expert Erika Dreifus kindly invited me to write a guest blog entitled, “Writing Your Family History: Five Hints.”  Erika’s blog Practicing Writer and her newsletter  are incredible resources for writers. When I need some advice, I always turn to her list of resources. I hope you will check it out.
 
My mother, a professional [...]

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Guest Blog: Bethany Albertson Shares Her Experience of an Election Year Wedding

When I saw a picture of Bethany and Josh’s Obama cake, I knew I had to ask her about her wedding. In her post below, read about everything from their first married fist-bump to a reading from the Massachusetts Supreme Court case, Goodridge vs. Department of Health.
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Partisans can be like sports fans and perhaps there’s [...]

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Guest Blog: Alli Shaloum-Brydon Shares the Adventures of Planning an Interfaith and Intercultural Wedding

I first met Alli at Sarah Lawrence College, where we were studying poetry.  A year or two later, I ran into her and her boyfriend at a poetry reading in New York City. I remember looking at their smiles, seeing how they were holding hands and thinking, “these two happy lovebirds are going to get [...]

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