by Shannon Turner | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog, GCDD Storytelling Project
Joe Steffy working in his popcorn business. Photo by Lynsey Weatherspoon. Just discovered this story from the 2018 GCDD Storytelling Project published on their website back in December. If you know how much I love popcorn, then you know how much I loved writing this...
by Shannon Turner | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog
Find your strength in love. When I was a kid, there was this one Christmas when I really needed a win. It was the first Christmas of middle school, just three months into what would become a three-year ordeal in nearly daily bullying. Somehow, Santa really came...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 18, 2019 | Blog
The first time I heard a Mary Oliver poem, I cried. I was about to start grad school and was involved in a women’s group in Blacksburg which met weekly to discuss spirituality, books, politics, food ~ really anything we wanted. I had asked the women to construct...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
I’ve often said that the universe sends us themes. Whether it’s conversations or online articles or snippets on NPR, there are things that come at us from all around that translate into cycles of internal work. When the same thing keeps coming up over and...
by Shannon Turner | Dec 17, 2018 | authenticity, Blog, grief, vulnerability
There are certain things in this life we consider to be markers of identity. The parts, whether self-selected or put upon us by others, even assigned by government definition, feel like the ingredients of a recipe that make up our selves. Our essences. I am white. I...
