Christi Craig https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/ Writer | Teacher | Editor | Publisher Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/pexels-photo-109255.jpeg?fit=32%2C21&ssl=1 Christi Craig https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/ 32 32 8150855 Dear Writer https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/12/dear-writer/ https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/12/dear-writer/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:54:04 +0000 https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/?p=13164 Years spent with art are years spent in cocoon after cocoon after cocoon, always emerging changed. Writer, not only do you deserve to be changed in these ways, you need to be. ~ Maggie Smith in Dear Writer: Pep Talks … Continue reading →

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]]> https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/12/dear-writer/feed/ 3 13164 Meet me at the podium. https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2023/04/01/meet-me-at-the-podium/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:14:05 +0000 https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/?p=13107 Today, the writers at Harwood Place held their annual reading showcase. Spending time with this group always inspires creative thought and conversation. I WRITE. In journals. On screen. In countless notebooks. I WRITE to-do lists. Plans of action. I record … Continue reading →

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]]> 13107 Missing Betty https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2023/01/05/missing-betty/ https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2023/01/05/missing-betty/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:13:49 +0000 https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/?p=13102 Betty Sydow authored the first book published by Hidden Timber, a story written in a class, illustrated by her friend and artist Carolou Nelsen, and brought to life by the founder of Hidden Timber Books, Lisa Rivero. Sometimes you don’t … Continue reading →

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]]> https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2023/01/05/missing-betty/feed/ 1 13102 I am looking forward to … I hope https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2022/01/11/i-am-looking-forward-to-i-hope/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 04:00:43 +0000 https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/?p=13053 It’s a new year. Everyone is all about intentions these days. I intend to do a lot of things. I intend to get up early and exercise. I intend to walk past that dish of Hershey Kisses and not grab … Continue reading →

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]]> 13053 Back to the Beginning https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2021/09/17/back-to-the-beginning/ https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/2021/09/17/back-to-the-beginning/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:10:09 +0000 https://christicraig.wpcomstaging.com/?p=13043 Today I returned to one of my favorite circles of writers, the senior citizens at Harwood Place, who invited me to lead a writing class nine years ago when I was very green as a teacher. Some of the writers … Continue reading →

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