List: My Writing: Contemplative Practices | Curated by E. Katherine Kottaras

Jul 29, 2024
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My Writing: Contemplative Practices
E. Katherine Kottaras
A Rainbow of Gratitude: Community is MedicineCelebrating the Launch of “A Rainbow Inside My Body” at Once Upon a Time in Montrose
Jul 29, 2024
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The DIY Diaries
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E. Katherine Kottaras
My History of Sewing: On and Off and Only Moderately ObsessedSewing silly animal-shaped pillows and sweet gifts for friends makes me happy
Jul 14, 2022
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Jul 14, 2022
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Wholistique
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Please Teach Your Children (Sons, Especially) About Abortion RightsIt’s one of our core responsibilities, as parents, to hold space for such discussions, however uncomfortable they may be
Jun 28, 2022
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Prism & Pen
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E. Katherine Kottaras
How LGBTQ Pride Feels to Me at the End of Roe V. WadeI am bruised and aching, but I am trying to ground myself before I wake up my teen child to the news
Jun 24, 2022
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Jun 24, 2022
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The DIY Diaries
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E. Katherine Kottaras
How to Propagate Rose Geranium as Gifts for the NeighborhoodThe gift that keeps on giving
Jun 21, 2022
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Jun 21, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Summer Solstice 2022: Breathe in the LightAn invitation to pause, breathe, and meditate
Jun 21, 2022
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Jun 21, 2022
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The DIY Diaries
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E. Katherine Kottaras
TO MAKE: The Process of Making & the Patience of WaitingInterview with Danielle Davis, Picture Book Writer and Maker Extraordinaire
Jun 15, 2022
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Jun 15, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
The Seasons of Creativity Like the Seasons of a GardenWriting Goals, Seeds, & the Harvest
May 5, 2022
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May 5, 2022
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Thank You Notes
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E. Katherine Kottaras
On Solitude in the City & Finding Gratitude in the AlonenessOr, How to Have a Successful Day of Solitude
May 24, 2022
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May 24, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
The Creative Contemplative InterviewsDo you have mindfulness practices that inspire your creative process? I want to interview you!
Jun 9, 2022
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Jun 9, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Yoga & Writing: A Workshop to Settle into Your Body & Free Your WordsAn invitation to create from a place of joy and freedom, including from judgment, critique, and fear
May 1, 2022
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May 1, 2022
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Writers’ Blokke
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Writing Block is Often Fear: “Let all go…so comes love”Why I haven’t been writing as much over the past month, and what I’m doing to get back to the words
Apr 11, 2022
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Apr 11, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
My Father Could See the Land — I Try Each DayCelebrating Earth Month 2022: My nature autobiography and an invitation and prompt to write your own
Apr 5, 2022
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Apr 5, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Undomesticated Tarot: Bringing Back the Wild to a Domesticated WorldThe Major Arcana: The Magician 1 🔮
Mar 24, 2022
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Mar 24, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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E. Katherine Kottaras
How to Offer Mindful Feedback to Sensitive Writers (In Other Words, to Most of Us)When we write, we put our hearts on the page. Here’s how not to trample them when reviewing each other’s drafts during workshops
Mar 28, 2022
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Mar 28, 2022
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The Orange Journal
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E. Katherine Kottaras
A Cinquain Chain: March in Los AngelesAnd reflections on walking under the Puffy Yellow Puffball Trees
Mar 9, 2022
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Mar 9, 2022
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Thank You Notes
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Wisdom from the Elders to Inspire Vernal Equinox RitualsToday, I honor the return of spring and its invitation to balance
Mar 20, 2022
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Mar 20, 2022
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Flint and Steel
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E. Katherine Kottaras
On the Transformative Potential of Talking to the DeadReflections after observing the psychic medium, Fleur, live in Burbank, California last month
Mar 21, 2022
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Mar 21, 2022
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ILLUMINATION
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E. Katherine Kottaras
Introducing… Yoga with Eleonora!For kids of all ages, when you are feeling all the feelings and need to move and ground and flow
Mar 24, 2022
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Mar 24, 2022
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Thank You Notes
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E. Katherine Kottaras
He Drew a Map of Zhytomyr, UkraineThinking of my grandfather who had to leave when he was 13 — thinking of all those who are leaving and fighting now
Mar 2, 2022
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Mar 2, 2022
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