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Living and Learning in Málaga, Year 2—Adventures When a Friend Visits

By Donna Miscolta | September 29, 2024 |

Woman standing against a wall with seven white-lettering-on-black-background signs.

My friend Debra came for a visit from Seattle on her way to an eight-day hike on the Costa Brava. In Debra’s three and a half days in Málaga and then three more days in Madrid, we did a lot of walking, a lot of talking, and a lot of eating. In between, there was…

The Despair, Thanks, and Hope of November

By Donna Miscolta | November 28, 2016 |

One evening the week before Thanksgiving, my husband and I were sprawled in our opposite corners of the couch, watching the evening news. “Next week isn’t Thanksgiving, is it?” he asked. “Nah,” I said. But it was. And we had no plans. He decided to try to book a table at a restaurant, but the…

Writing, Pie, and Canoes

By Donna Miscolta | July 28, 2016 |

I’ve written about the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference before here and here. I’m doing so again. I’ve attended the conference six out of the last eight years. Three of those years I enrolled in one of the full morning workshops – a daily, intensive two and a half hours of manuscript critique or generative writing.…