Here we are and after laser treatment I can also read a book and see what I write. All without the magnifying glass. And I discovered that a couple of items in the closet needed ironing after all. Sigh. It is nice however to be able to read the expiry dates and food ingredients on my groceries.
Back to writing again after a long hiatus. I started by doing what I do a lot of things – without planning to. I was just innocently writing Morning Pages in my journal and next thing I knew I was on my way. The freezer is being cleaned too using that same system of spur of the moment.
BOOKS
WHEN AGAIN THIS WAY I WALK
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The lives of 1870’s Julia and modern Andie touch as each in her own time faces relational issues common across the ages as times change and people do not.
Reviews
Linda Gigliotti’s novel, When Again This Way I Walk, invites readers into the lives of two families, living in the same location but a century apart. The dual-timeline story begins when Andie gazes into the forest and experiences a life-like vision of a woman and girl of previous time. Throughout the story, we follow Andie, her family, and the choices and decisions each must make and the parallel issues that Julia and her family cope with. With touches of mystery and illusion, Gigliotti deftly alternates between eras to reveal how the lives and issues of these two women, and perhaps all of us time unto time, face similar challenges, experience the same joys, and struggle to discover our deepest truths (Judy Reeves).
-Judy Reeves is the author of Wild Women, Wild Voices: writing from your authentic wildness and A Writer’s Book of Days.
I had the privilege to be one of the first readers of Linda’s novel and from the first page I was drawn into the story and felt as if I was part of it, thanks to Linda’s extraordinary way of describing the scenery and the characters. A beautiful story about life, love, family, traditions and friendship with a twist of mystery and suspense. Linda sends you on a journey between the past and the present, reminding you that life is about being curious and courageous.
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Tina Mundelsee is author of Yoga Coaching: use your practice to resolve emotional baggage, master your mind & create harmony in your life & relationship and Think Happy, Be Happy – A Yoga Coaching Pocket Guide. As well Tina is life coach at www.tinastools.com
I just finished reading When Again This Way I Walk. I loved it. It’s so funny I have thought these very thoughts myself. You are so right, the sun will keep rising and settling long after we have danced our lives across the earth and it has risen and set long before we took our first breath. So many experiences, interactions, memories. What wonderful story. Bravo to you.
– Jackie Wilkinson, avid reader
HOWMASTER: THE WRITER’S GUIDE TO BEAUTIFUL WORD
CRAFTING – Revised Edition lindagigliottiwriter.com – Linda M. Gigliotti’s writings
OTHER GREAT READS
Check out Judy Reeves’ new memoir WHEN YOUR HEART SAYS GO (She Writes Press 2024) and others at
https://www.judyreeveswriter.com/ . Judy also wrote Wild Women, Wild Voices (NWL 2015), a book for those of us who must write and do it well. Check out Judy’s A Writer’s Book of Days (NWL 1999) for some great daily writing prompts.
Julia Cameron’s latest, The Daily Artist’s Way: 366 Meditations for Creative Living, released in 2025. Julia is the author of The Artist’s Way series which changed many writing lives. I use this book every day and love it.
NOTEBOOK SAYS
The other day I started to read again Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Toolkit, (St. Martin’s Essentials 2024) and felt again the magic of being in her company as she sits with pen and notebook and her dog. The reader sees Cameron’s life around her as well as as her connection with family and many friends around the world. She mentions too the friends with whom she attends regularly and she discusses her work.
The reader draws close, part of her life now as they sit apart and together, author and reader connected by pages whose words and worlds connect. Hers is intimate writing that reveals soul. Let’s try for that.
ART CORNER
Daily we practice fitness that includes a walk and now that the weather is perfect for it, photography. We discovered something I never knew existed – the red pansy, next on my to do art list. Try walking photography and get your exercise at the same time.
Until next month,
Linda Gigliotti
https://lindagigliottiwriter.com/
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