Lori’s Writing

My first assignment for just dance! magazine this year was to interview a 13-year-old phenom, Vivian Hicks. This young woman…

The downside to being creative is that your creativity can show up when it’s perhaps not as beneficial to your…

One thing I’ve always envied about descendants of pioneer families is that those descendants had easy access to their roots…

Comfort zones are those nice, cozy, warm, fuzzy parts in our mind that convince us to stay put. They have…

Well, I’m back. There’s no one else here behind the keyboard except me. I took a year off to re-evaluate…

Journalling can be healing, fun, exciting, or a drag (especially if you set up too many expectations for yourself). If…

I’ve been journalling for almost three decades and have just as many journals (30 of them). I travel down memory…

There’s nothing more enjoyable about writing than finding out something new about yourself as you’re writing. In this case, I’m starting…

Several months ago, I promised to re-write a poem. I thought it would be easy. I thought it would flow…

I idolized Jean Little in my pre-teens and early teens. Many of her books helped me understand other children. I do…