Warm-Weather Writing

This newsletter celebrates warm workshops and features a warm-weather word.

Delightful Celebrant Writing Workshops

I gave a creative writing workshop to a delightful group of celebrants last Sunday. They were a Goldilocks group, with just the right combination of dynamism, tenderness, willingness to learn – and a dash of creative spark. I gave them structures and ideas to help them come up with a love story for wedding couples or a eulogy for a loved one.

This was also the first outdoor creative writing workshop I've ever done – here's the proof in the photo.

Photo Description: This is a picture of me sitting in a yard, with plants and a wall in the background. I’m wearing my grey storytelling hat and a blue patterned top.

WordNerd: Sploot

If you have a dog, then you'll see them lying in the sun, lying on their belly with their hind legs outstretched. The WordNerd was pleased to discover that there's a word for this pose – the sploot, or splooting if you want to make it a verb. The origin of this word isn't clear – it may be a play on splat, the word used to describe any creature who's splayed out on the ground.

Comedy Workshop in Waterford

Places at the Speak Up comedy workshop at Garter Lane Studios in Waterford City are filling up fast. This is a two-hour creative writing workshop with comedian Micheál Roche, happening on Saturday 12 July, 11am-1pm. Price is €20, and you can book and pay in advance with Deborah on speakupwaterford@gmail.com or 0894825443.

Welcome New Subscribers

Not only were the celebrants delightful on Saturday, but they signed up to my newsletter. Welcome to new subscribers and budding celebrants Caroline Conroy, Trish Lawlor, miraclelight333, Bairbre Jennings, Susan McKeon and Gabriella Kiss.

Also welcome to Sylvie Leotin, and thanks to Marie Ennis O'Connor from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer for recommending this newsletter to her. Heartfelt thanks to you for subscribing.