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Mother’s Day Post-Script

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― The month of May has always been a busy month for my family. It is the month of my birthday, my son’s birthday. On a more universal level, other holidays that fall during this month are Cinco de Mayo, National Nurse’s Day, Earth Day,...

Tags: Author Blog, Baby Boomers, Blog, New York Times, Writing

Diana Raab ― 6 days ago

The Healing Power of Poetry

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― Much has been written on the healing and transformative power of writing, whether it is journaling, prose or poetry. Poetry can be powerful because it succinctly puts a voice to our inner most feelings. It helps provide a dialogue to what we are...

Tags: Author Blog, Blog, Healing With Words, Health, Health And Wellness, National Poetry Month

Diana Raab ― 4 weeks ago

Poetry Passion

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― There are many ways to be passionate about poetry. Some people prefer to read, while others prefer to write and some, like myself, do both. My particular style is what I call accessible poetry. This is not to say that I don’t respect and ...

Tags: Author Blog, Garrison Keillor, Molly Peacock, Passions, Poetry, Poets

Diana Raab ― 4 weeks 6 days ago

National Poetry Month and Poet Laureates..

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― This is one of my favorite months because there is so much done in honor of poetry and poets. It would take much more than a month of Monday blogs to share all of my favorite aspects about poetry. Suffice to say, however, that cities and ...

Tags: Author Blog, Musings, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poets, Writing

Diana Raab ― 5 weeks 5 days ago

Women’s History Month

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― ….ended yesterday. But since today is April Fool’s Day, I am still celebrating it today. Every March, various government organizations such as The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, The National ...

Tags: 1960s, Author Blog, Autobiographies, Blog, Book Genre, Journaling

Diana Raab ― 6 weeks 6 days ago

The Art of Personal Letters

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― My platform as a writer began more than five decades ago with a Kahil Gibran journal and by writing letters. I wrote my first letter at the age of six to my parents from sleep away summer camp. Although that letter included only five words, ...

Tags: Author Blog, Creative Nonfiction, Letter Writing, Writer Blog, Writing, Writing For Healing

Diana Raab ― 7 weeks 6 days ago

Handwriting As An Art Form

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― As an avid journal keeper, I believe the written word is a powerful mode of communication. In the writing classes I teach I emphasize the importance of personally choosing your own journal. In many ways this should be an emotional experience as ...

Tags: Author Blog, Letter Writing, Writer Blog, Writing Alchemy, Writing For Healing, Writing

Diana Raab ― 8 weeks 6 days ago

The Healing Power of Silence

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― I love making homemade soups. Today at lunch I was using my Blend-Tec to make what my family calls green soup: a collection of fresh vegetables from my refrigerator. Today’s had leeks, spinach, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and a few...

Tags: Author Blog, Blog, Health, Health And Wellness, Meditation, Writer Blog

Diana Raab ― 10 weeks 6 days ago

Anais Nin at 110 years old

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― (1903-1977) On February 22nd, one of my favorite writers would have turned 110. The last time I thought about her birthday was in 2008 when a birthday celebration was made in her honor at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. I had just moved to...

Tags: Anais Nin, Author Blog, Autobiographies, Journaling, Journals, Memoir

Diana Raab ― 11 weeks 6 days ago

Happy Birthday Lincoln!

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― During my days in grade school we celebrated Abraham Lincoln and George Washington’s birthdays on two different days. These days are ingrained in my memory —February 12th and February 22nd, respectively. On Lincoln’s birthday, we...

Tags: Author Blog, Creative Nonfiction, Writing

Diana Raab ― 12 weeks ago

Rituals

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― Every morning I wake up, wash my face, brush my teeth, and scurry downstairs to walk my Maltese poodle in the backyard. I take a flashlight with me because of the recent coyote sightings. I return inside to the kitchen and push the button on my...

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Diana Raab ― 14 weeks ago

Trauma Aftermath

Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings ― A few days after Thanksgiving I was in a bad car wreck in Los Angeles. Those readers who heard about the accident wondered, first, how I was able to keep up with my blogs and second, why I never wrote about the accident. The answer is that how I ...

Tags: Author Blog, Healing With Words, Health, Health And Wellness, Meditation, Writer Blog

Diana Raab ― 16 weeks ago

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