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Write for You: Questions, questions

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

-by Nancy Casey

There is so much that we just don’t know! That’s why we ask questions. Questions probably run through your head all the time.

Today in your writing, all you will do is ask questions. Questions that you don’t know the answer to. One after another. As many as you can.

If you are asking yourself, “How can I write a page full of questions?” here are some hints to help jostle some questions out of your imagination and onto the page.

  • The question words: Who? What? When? Where? and Why? Lots of questions start with those words. You can pull any idea out of the air, and probably think up a question that begins with each of those words.
  • Don’t forget about all of the questions you can ask that begin with How? Sometimes How? gets overlooked because it doesn’t start with W.
  • What if? When you start a question like that, every possible and impossible thing in the universe is available for you to ask about.
  • Start with a thing. Pick any thing and ask some questions about it.
  • Start with a person or a place.
  • Start with an action, think about flying or laughing or sleeping and ask questions about that.

Teachers and students alike have observed that people learn best when they are learning things they have questions about.

Scientists are always asking questions. Artists ask questions all the time, too. Everyone does. Not all questions lead to answers. Every question doesn’t need an answer. The way we sort the questions that matter to us from the ones that don’t is by asking them all.

In his work Letters to a Young Poet, the writer Rainier Maria Rilke invites us to love the questions themselves. Think of them as locked rooms, he says and promises that by living you find the keys.

After you have written a zillion questions, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add decoration and color to the page as needed. Here is an example of what a person could write.

Share what you have written! Post it as a comment below. You can type in your work. Or post a picture of it.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again in the spring of 2018. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with a writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

April at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

Hard to believe, but April is upon us. Our calendar is below.

The latest from our https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/03/26/write-for-you-in-the-doorway/

A big Thank You to our Fundraising Breakfast Table Captains. We have a record number of reservations!!! See you all Wednesday, 7am at the Best Western.

Don’t miss CPR, tonight (Monday), 6-9pm.
And don’t forget Stewards of Children training 5:30-7:30 on 3/29.

April at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Recovery Peer Volunteer Meeting Last Monday of month, 6pm
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Board of Directors Second Tuesday of month, 3:45-5
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens mtg)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open mtg)
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: Appaloosa Museum Tour April 21, 11am
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 4/8, 4/22 2:30-4 4/30 6:30-7:30
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women’s Meeting Sundays 6-7:30
Classes and Groups are ALWAYS FREE OR AT COST AND OPEN TO ALL.
RSVP LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com Bolded Date=Regular offering. Plain text=Special offering for month.
Need an understanding person to talk to? We have Recovery Peer Volunteers here to help you in recovery from mental health and addiction issues all hours of operation. We are here to help!

Write for You: In the Doorway

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

A doorway is a powerful image. You can find them in films, songs, advertising, news reports, memes, paintings—not to mention real life. Doorways are everywhere.

Today, as you prepare your writing materials and settle in to your writing practice, imagine doorways. Doorways you have known, doorways you have stood in or passed through, doorways you have seen pictures of, doorways you can imagine, whether they are real or not. You could draw a picture of a doorway while you think about this.

Then think about the doorway with something or someone in it. It could be you or another person, a pet, an object, a plant. It can be something that’s invisible. It can be something you remember or something that you make up.

Use this fill-in-the-blank to start up your writing: “________ was in the doorway…” Then tell the rest of the story.

You can describe the doorway itself. You can describe the person or thing in the doorway. You can describe where the doorway is. You might want to tell something about the time, or the day or what else is nearby.

Don’t leave the doorway frozen in space and time like a photograph, however. Roll the camera. Tell what happened.

Doorways almost always represent some kind of transition, because they always change. Someone walks in or out. The door opens and closes. Nothing can stay in a doorway forever, because the doorway will be blocked and not be a doorway anymore. You might want to say something about the transition that takes place in your doorway story.

Maybe you will find yourself telling a single long story that begins with a certain doorway. Maybe you will end up telling several brief stories from doorways. Although each story begins with a doorway, there are many variations on how you can tell it. You can mix things that are “real” and things that are “made up” into your story however you like.

However it turns out, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add decoration and color to the page as needed. Here is an example of what a person could write.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can do that by typing or pasting text. Or you can take a picture of your page and post that.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again in the spring of 2018. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with a writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

March at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
CPR Monday, 3/26, 6-9pm
Intro to MS Word and Powerpoint Monday, 3/26, 6:30-8pm
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Stewards of Children Training Thursday, March 29 5:30-7:30
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Rotary Club of Moscow Presents The Bride of Bovill Melodrama Friday, 3/9 AND 10. See LRC for tickets. $35/person
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: M.T. James Entomological Museum and
Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 2:30-4; 3/12 6:30-7:30
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women’s Meeting Sundays 6-7:30
Classes and Groups are ALWAYS FREE OR AT COST AND OPEN TO ALL.
RSVP LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com Bolded Date=Regular offering. Plain text=Special offering for month.
Need an understanding person to talk to? We have Recovery Peer Volunteers here to help you in recovery from mental health and addiction issues all hours of operation. We are here to help!

Write for You: What Kind of Morning

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

What are your mornings like? How does your day begin?

Does “morning” happen for you in the “A.M.” part of the day? Does your day begin in daylight or darkness?

What do you do in the morning? Is it always the same? Does the way you spend the morning affect you during the rest of the day?

Today you will write about what makes mornings feel the way they do. Every type of morning you can think of, real or not. You can write about mornings you remember. You can write about mornings that you wish you could have, or mornings you are glad you don’t have. In other words, this is a chance to write about all the different ways a morning can be.

Use this fill-in-the-blank sentences to do that:

It is a _________ morning when _________.

Write out all the words each time. It feels like you are repeating yourself at first. After a few lines, the part of your mind that had to pay attention to what you are writing can wander off and bring you ideas for the word to put in the blank. Some of the ideas might seem goofy, but don’t reject them. There’s no law against being goofy. Some of the ideas might seem strange or serious. There’s no law against that, either.

When you come to the first blank, fill it in with whatever pops into your head. Even if you haven’t thought up anything for the second blank. Something will pop into your head when you get to the second blank. Guaranteed.

When you have finished, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add decoration and color to the page as needed. Here is an example of what a person could write.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can do that by typing or pasting text. Or you can take a picture of your page and post that.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again later in the spring. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with a writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

The latest from our Write for You blog: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/03/12/write-for-you-a-perfect-day/

Check out the latest Recovery Radio episode. Thursdays, 1pm on KRFP or podcast on GooglePlay and ITunes.

RSVP to this address if you’d like to attend our fundraising breakfast on Wed., March 28 at 7am. It’s a great, inspiring morning!

A BIG THANK YOU to the Rotary Club of Moscow. I understand their melodrama, The Bride of Bovill was a resounding success. Thank you, Rotarians, for donating the proceeds to LRC and the Palouse Ice Rink.

Here’s what’s coming up at the Center:
March at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
Intro to MS Word and Powerpoint Monday, 3/26, 6:30-8pm
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Stewards of Children Training Thursday, March 29 5:30-7:30
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Rotary Club of Moscow Presents The Bride of Bovill Melodrama Friday, 3/9 AND 10. See LRC for tickets. $35/person
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: M.T. James Entomological Museum and
Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 2:30-4; 3/12 6:30-7:30
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women’s Meeting Sundays 6-7:30
Classes and Groups are ALWAYS FREE OR AT COST AND OPEN TO ALL.
RSVP LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com Bolded Date=Regular offering. Plain text=Special offering for month.
Need an understanding person to talk to? We have Recovery Peer Volunteers here to help you in recovery from mental health and addiction issues all hours of operation. We are here to help!

Write for You: A Perfect Day

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

In a perfect world, on a perfect day, what is the first thing that would happen to you? And the last thing–how would a perfect day end? What would lie in between?

As you organize your writing materials, daydream about the things that would make a day feel perfect for you. Remember that a “perfect” day will have as many minutes as it takes to fit all of the perfect things into it.

  • Imagine the events of a perfect day. The things that you would do or see, and things that would happen either intentionally or by accident.
  • Imagine your body on a perfect day. Strength and grace? Aches and pains? Clothing and appearance? Food and drink?
  • Imagine perfect interactions and conversations, the people you would see and what you would say to each other.
  • Imagine the places you would go and what you would do or witness there.
  • Imagine the perfect things you could touch.
  • Imagine what you would accomplish on a perfect day. What would you start? What would you finish?
  • Imagine your thoughts, your memories and self-talk. What would you deliberately think about and what would pop up in the wanderings of your daydreams?
  • Imagine the weather, the news, and other things you have no control over. What would they be like on a perfect day?
  • A perfect day would finish with a perfect night’s sleep. What would that be like? Will there be dreams?

Write down the details of your perfect day in a way that feels perfect for you. Here are some different ways you could do that:

  • Write down everything you think of, in the order that you think of it, any old way at all.
  • Tell the story of a perfect day from beginning to end.
  • Write the letters of the alphabet down the left-hand side of the page. As you think up the details of a perfect day write them down next to the letter they begin with.
  • Draw a clock on the page, and write down the perfect details according to what time they happen.

When you run out of perfect details, doodle on the page a little bit. Maybe you will think up some more.

When you have finished, you will have made a record of the many different ways a drop of “perfect” can land in your life. When you notice the drops, you notice the ripples.

Give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add any additional decoration or color that the page needs. Here is an example of what a person could write.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can type your comment, or take a picture of your page and post that.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again in the spring of 2018. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with a writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

 

This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

The Moscow Rotary Club is doing The Bride of Bovill dinner theater this Friday and Saturday. Proceeds go to us and the ice rink. Let us know if you still want a ticket!

Speaking of fundraising… Our fundraising breakfast is coming up fast! If you haven’t been invited by one of our table captains, we’d still LOVE to have you join us for 1.25 uplifting hours of food, social time and learning about the LRC. RSVP to this address. No cost for the breakfast, but you will be asked to make a donation if you desire.

Have you checked out Recovery Radio? Thursdays @1 on KRFP. Or get the podcast from GooglePlay and ITunes.

We have a F-U-N social activity THIS Sat. BUGS AND ICE CREAM! How can you beat that??? M.T. James Entomological Museum and Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm

March at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
Intro to MS Word and Powerpoint Monday, 3/26, 6:30-8pm
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Stewards of Children Training Thursday, March 29 5:30-7:30
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Rotary Club of Moscow Presents The Bride of Bovill Melodrama Friday, 3/9 AND 10. See LRC for tickets. $35/person
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: M.T. James Entomological Museum and
Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 2:30-4; 3/12 6:30-7:30
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women’s Meeting Sundays 6-7:30
Classes and Groups are ALWAYS FREE OR AT COST AND OPEN TO ALL.
RSVP LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com Bolded Date=Regular offering. Plain text=Special offering for month.
Need an understanding person to talk to? We have Recovery Peer Volunteers here to help you in recovery from mental health and addiction issues all hours of operation. We are here to help!