What a difference a year makes. On May 4th last year, on a very brisk day (a little like today only sunnier), we watched as Dana sank the ceremonial shovel into the dirt and broke ground to build Storyknife. And then the flurry began! So many days of digging and hammering, the whine of theContinue reading “A Year to Raise Storyknife”
Category Archives: If You Build It
Waiting and Dreaming
If you’ve been reading this website for more than few months, you’ll have watched as Storyknife sprung from the dirt. In fact we’re a little more than two weeks away from May 4th, the one-year anniversary of the groundbreaking at Storyknife. In one year, what was a dream and a set of building plans hasContinue reading “Waiting and Dreaming”
What a difference…
….a month makes. Just last month at this time, we were planning the April residencies and hearing a little about a virus that was spreading overseas. Now, we find ourselves postponing the April residency and our planned Grand Opening ceremony. We are still preparing Storyknife for the residents that we’ve scheduled this year. We’re watchingContinue reading “What a difference…”
Happy Valentine’s Day
Let me tell you about a kind of love that the media and culture just don’t talk about very often. It’s the kind of love that one gives themselves when they put away cultural expectations in order to pick up the gift inside. When I tell women that I work for a women writers’ retreat, soContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day”
Celebrate the light.
In Alaska, we pay very close attention to the light. On Solstice, we’re slated to get about 5 hours and 58 minutes. Every year, I try to be on Bishop’s Beach in Homer to see the sun come over the mountains on Solstice. Last year it was cloudy, so the picture above is from 2017.Continue reading “Celebrate the light.”
Open the door….
Last week, I gave a little pep talk about Giving Tuesday. I asked you to think of all the women writers whose books never got published. Heck, those books, plays, poems never even got written, because the laundry needed doing, kids needed feeding. Or worse, women writers were actively prevented from becoming literate. How manyContinue reading “Open the door….”
Announcing Open Application Period and Requesting Your Support
As autumn begins to feel a little more like winter, Storyknife planning for 2020 is swinging into full gear. We have so much to tell you, but we’ll break it into three bite-size chunks. 1. Residency applications will go live on November 1. You will find the link on this page of our website. IfContinue reading “Announcing Open Application Period and Requesting Your Support”
The Cabin without a Name – No Longer!
If you’ve been following along, you know that five of the cabins at Storyknife are named: Carol, Betty, Diana, Evangeline, and Katie. For awhile, we’ve been waiting to announce the name of the final cabin, and now we can do so. The final cabin will be named after Peggy Shumaker. Peggy began her teaching careerContinue reading “The Cabin without a Name – No Longer!”
Breaking Ground and Groundbreaking!
On May 4, a bright and windy day, Storyknife progressed into a new phase – the Building Phase! Among a crowd of supporters, Dana Stabenow, Storyknife founder, put her decorated shovel into the dirt and broke ground for Storyknife. There was champagne and cupcakes. The first Storyknife fellow, Kim Steutermann Rogers, spoke about the meaningContinue reading “Breaking Ground and Groundbreaking!”
Celebrate!
We’d like you to join us in celebrating YOUR GENEROSITY! Yes, all of you, who have been so bountiful with your attention and your donations. $94,276.00 was donated to Storyknife’s year-end fundraising campaign between Halloween and midnight on New Year’s Eve! Our hearts are overflowing. Your support is greater than financial; it’s positively fundamental. ItContinue reading “Celebrate!”
Storyknife Writers Retreat 