Know the point of your life
“Sheridan’s gifts as a teacher were as rare as the purity of his passion. Wherein did these gifts lie? In his brilliance? Yes. In his mastery of his subject? Of course. In his capacity for lucid, concrete, and vivid explanation? Again, yes. But there is another factor, one whose roots …
What I learn on the orange couch: how to create boundaries for the first time
His shoes are almost always brown. Sometimes, like last week, his socks match his bright green jacket, which I think is worn on days with rain. But I can’t be sure; my evidence is sketchy, inconsistent, and random. I sit across from him, on a nubby burnt orange sofa that feels …
Happy 11th birthday and a joyous welcome home
In 2005 on this very date, I sat down at a bulky, old, desktop computer in my family room surrounded by the noise of living, and started writing. The computer was on a file cabinet, not a desk, with no space for my legs, so I sat sideways, typing. At …
Writing for Healing and Discernment by the Sea: A VerbTribe Intensive for the New Year
January 24-29, 2016 SOLD OUT. Email support@pattidigh.com if you would like to be on the wait list or are interested in a future such retreat. Start your 2016 off right with a tribe of writers and creatives by the sea. This “wild card retreat” was created to help all of us write …
a simple act with a single intention
Ten years ago today, I sat at my dining room table with some significant bedhead and a mug of black coffee and started writing this blog. Why did I call it 37days? I didn’t begin it as a blog, though it used a blogging software. That is, blogging wasn’t my …
I finally showed up.
VerbTribe has been an extraordinary journey for me as a teacher, and for those who have joined it. As we close our first 37-day journey into writing, I am featuring writing from VerbTribe members here on 37days. In response to a photograph I provided to the VerbTribe, writer Terry Lynn …
in the place with no shoes.
VerbTribe has been an extraordinary journey for me as a teacher, and for those who have joined it. As we close our first 37-day journey into writing, I am featuring writing from VerbTribe members here on 37days. Writer KT Patrick Bothwell offered us this beautiful piece of writing about a …
it is an infinite loop of offering
VerbTribe has been an extraordinary journey for me as a teacher, and for those who have joined it. As we close our first 37-day journey into writing, I am featuring writing from VerbTribe members here on 37days. Writer Ket Parker offered us this beautiful piece of writing about her witness. …
have i given too little?
VerbTribe has been an extraordinary journey for me as a teacher, and for those who have joined it. As we close our first 37-day journey into writing, I am featuring writing from VerbTribe members here on 37days. Writer Billie Stingley offered us this beautiful piece of writing about giving. Have …
writing is a choice.
VerbTribe has been an extraordinary journey for me as a teacher, and for those who have joined it. As we close our first 37-day journey into writing, I am featuring writing from VerbTribe members here on 37days. Writer Sara Rae Lancaster offered us this food for thought about writing. You …
