Maine Writes, the Maine Writing Project 2013 Anthology, features some the state’s most inspiring writing teachers sharing their poetry and prose. Guest author Kate Kennedy joins the Maine Writing Project writers. Since 1997, about 400 educators from across Maine have experienced joyous and challenging summers of graduate study at the…
Emily Denbow Morrison’s weekly articles in The Maine Edge delve into womanhood, motherhood, teaching and the need to find the balance of life. Her columns run the gamut of soccer mom life, insecurities, the romance of romance books, and the joy of teaching.
Though Maine falls are postcard pretty, it can be hard to exercise outside in the autumn air once that north wind starts blowing. You can still get all the fresh air and Vitamin D you need outdoors, if you’re willing to dress for it. Here are a few ways I’ve found…
It’s so easy to get caught up in the minutia of being mortal. Your dog dies, depression ensues. Your husband forgets to put the dishes in the sink every, blissful, day. Separation may be for the best. Your kids forget to pick up their underwear, shoes, clothes, towels, books, book bags,…
Four years ago my husband told me to get a master’s degree. He had just earned his master’s in literacy and saw that the University of Maine in Orono was offering a master’s in literacy and writing. “Two years of online courses and three summers of seminars, and you’re done!”…
Emily Denbow Morrison is a high school English teacher, freelance writer and editor from coastal Maine. She is currently writing a memoir on her mother’s battle with bipolar mood disorder and can be followed on Facebook @ Emily Denbow Morrison.
I just came back from vacation to realize my dog is dying. Though this sounds like it might be the opening to one of those old country songs where “There’s a tear in my beer cause I’m cryin’ for you dear,” I can assure you I’m not sitting on a…
On the second morning I wake without my old golden retriever beside me, I decide to drag myself through my daybreak run. Stepping onto the floor without watching where my feet fall hurts a little. Brewing that first cup of coffee without opening the backdoor and watching Ryan water the shrubbery…
In a vain attempt to commit to my New Year’s resolutions, I’ve decided to share them with the world (or at least the lovely people in Greater Bangor). I figure if I write them down here, dear readers, I may actually stick to them.
There are lots of people who believe in the mind-body connection, and I’m one of them. For a 40-year-old woman who has really only broken a sweat in the past decade of my life, I feel much healthier now than when I was in my 20s, sitting pretty and not…