Spring planting -- time to grow ‘writing’


 

I love spring because, in part, it reminds me of new beginnings.

One day in April as I was in my front yard reading about a new way of “action” writing, I saw a tractor in a field across the way, preparing the ground for planting – new growth.

Let’s think of spring as a time to find new ways “to grow” our writing.

 

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