Nancy Slonim Aronie
Writing from the Heart: Chances
Yesterday I was invited to a book talk at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven. My cousin, the author (whom I only found out...
Writing from the Heart: To the heart of writing
I'm reading Carol Gilligan's brilliant book, “In a Human Voice.” It’s been 40 years since her landmark tome, “In a Different Voice,” the book...
Writing from the Heart: MVP
Some years ago, I was one of three judges at the Chilmark library for a children's poetry contest. There were 40 entries, and after...
Writing from the Heart: ‘Who’s Tom?
In 1997 I was the recipient of the Artist in Residence award at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Prior to my interviews with the...
Writing from the Heart: Out of the mouth of babes
Remember Bush Jr.’s No Child Left Behind?
It was a lofty idea that didn't work then, and with one in five children living below the...
Writing from the Heart: Make up now
Here’s why you have to make up with your siblings. Right before my sister died, we had the biggest fight we had ever had....
Writing from the Heart: Just the facts, ma’am
I love Mark Twain’s line, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” So here is a story of how...
Writing from the Heart: Accepting us
What other people think of me is none of my business, a mantra I repeat now and then just to remind myself to be...
Writing from the Heart: Preferences
The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.
The first time I read that statement, I was perusing snippets of the...
Writing from the Heart: Grandparents’ love
The difference between parenting and grandparenting is as wide a gap as a farmer is from an ear of corn.
My grandmother reached just above...
Writing from the Heart: Budding artist?
I hope you all get to age 82. For those of you who have passed this ancient number, you might know what I am...
Writing from the Heart: Aging is a full-time job
Aging is a full-time job.
I thought of that as a title while trudging through the woods yesterday. I say trudging because hiking is a...
Writing from the Heart: Different isn’t weird
The other night at a small dinner, one of our friends said she had just come back from Charlottesville, where she attended her 20th...
Writing from the Heart: Opposites attract
We've all heard the expression “opposites attract,” and I have to admit that my husband and I are almost the perfect example of that...
Writing from the Heart: Don’t jinx it
When I got married, my husband wasn't into sports — playing or watching. He didn't know the NBA from the NFL. And I loved...
Writing from the Heart: Christmas envy
Every year at this time ever since I’ve been a writer, I have written about my Christmas envy. How I wished I could go...
Writing from the Heart: Impermanence
My teacher, Ram Dass, used to tell a story about a guy who had a painting of a sunset. Most of the painting is...
Writing from the Heart: Now is the time
Many folks who take my Writing from the Heart workshop say they have been technical or medical writers, and just want to try being...
Writing from the Heart: And what does she do?
Yesterday I changed the toilet paper roll for the first time in 20 years. No, we haven't been using the same original roll for...
Writing from the Heart: Wishes aren’t warnings
“Be careful what you wish for” has been rolling around in my head forever. Because the way people would say it sounded as if...