Friday: Catching up & Announcements

The best announcement is that this weblog is back on track! I have developed the new teaching site and that has been eating all my spare time and depriving this site of attention!

And there is a time when a writer has to wonder: "how many weblog's do I need anyway?"

The answer, for me, is that this page has been up and running since 2005. That's seven years of weblogging. My writing at this site dates back to a time when web-logging was just beginning and none of us knew what to do with this format of communication.

I am going to keep this site going and use this weblog for the less formal check in. This site is for "casual observations" and insights on writing. And it's a place to relax a little. That's the beauty of the weblog. It's personal.

Welcome and welcome back!

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The photo up there was taken last week while I spent the day with my birth mother, birth sister and birth cousin. It's a lot of "birth" on the page but there you have it. I am an adoptee in reunion and we are in "the fun part" stage of reunion. The charge is gone and now it's the "get to know each other and relax phase." We had an all day spa treatment at a casino in Reno. That's something to love Reno for. You get an all-day pass to a spa for having just one treatment. We all had pedicures. I had a blast. And while I was here, I also did a live interview with Linda Joy Meyers who hosted her bi annual Memoir telesummit. Listen In.

The reunion with my mom is going as well as it can go. We are happy together. Forgiveness has taken place. I am blessed! My sister and I are on an even keel and I get to make friends with my cousin too. How can I wish for more than that?

This brings me to my first Announcement:

Every month, I am in Reno to teach a class hosted by the fabulous, inspiring and generous Carol Purroy. I will be there, Nov. 18th & 19th. On November 18th, I appear at the Carson City Library to read from Found and will teach a Scene Writing Class on Nov. 19th, in Reno. Write me for details! Jennifer(at)Jenniferlauck.com

Being in Reno each month gives me a chance to see my mom, build relationship and go home. It's fabulous. I'm over the "reunion hump."

Announcement #2: Adoption Awareness Month. I'm hosting several free conversations about adoption and healing. I talk with professionals and adoptees and birth mothers, all about this issue of getting through our adoption wounds. Please sign up, please spread the word, please sign up! It's free.

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Those who are closest to me know that I was in a pretty nasty car wreck on September 11. This was following a reading at Powell's on Hawthorne, where I had read a very upbeat story titled Let it Be which is featured in this month's Shambala Sun. I am so honored to be included in Shambala Sun, which is an important publication. My essay was also tagged and placed in a collection on relationships titled Right Here with You: Bringing Mindfulness into our Relationships. Please go out, read these wonderful essay's and spread the word.

And, I'm okay. My beloved friend and co-teacher, Anne, was with me at the time of the accident. We were both badly hurt and shaken, of course. We are healing and have the best medical attention we could hope to get. Physical therapy from a remarkable German woman I am coming to adore, acupuncture from one of the authentic healers I have encountered in my journey thus far and energy work from a long time healer I also love. Anne and I will mend and we both agree, as we hike through the trees and replay the event again and again, we are better for the experience. Keep your eye out for the essay!!!

Final Announcement: Two Winter Classes worth taking. Please read about these on the other site and send me your questions. These classes are available now through streaming. You can participate! Join us.

Holiday Craft Series

Winter Master Class

See you on the site this week and please, leave your comments! Tell me how you are faring in this crazy world!