Sometimes babysitting does not go well

Every other Friday I attend a women writer's group in Salt Lake. It is a social event, not a business one. No one brings writing samples, there are no critiques. In fact many of us have never read each other's writing. Instead we talk together, rejoicing over triumphs, commiserating over difficult things. We are very well suited to sympathize since we all write, we're all women, and we share a social context. I love attending this group. The women in it have become good friends.

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