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I will be teaching my Writing through Grief workshop through the Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area on Monday, July 14, 2025, and HVWA will also be offering a number of wonderful, supportive classes and workshops this summer. All of these workshops are FREE to participate in. Please reach out to Rick Darveau at [email protected] to register. 
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I'm thrilled to be collaborating with All Things Become New to bring some FREE writing workshops to the world this spring! We have two virtual workshops scheduled for April and May, and then we will be doing in-person workshops up in Aroostook County (way northern Maine!) in June. There is no cost to participate in these workshops, but registration is required. To register, please reach out to Suzanne Morneault at [email protected] or at (207) 540-5446.  This past fall, I collaborated with the Maine-based nonprofit, All Things Become New, to submit a grant to the Maine Humanities Council for an Arts & Humanities Grant. Our plan was to bring community writing workshops to Aroostook County, the northernmost county in Maine (affectionately referred to as "the County" here in Maine). Last month, Suzanne and I were thrilled to learn that our project was selected to receive a grant. Over the coming months, we will be planning and scheduling five community writing workshops (two virtual ones and three in-person) to happen this spring and summer. More details will be shared soon! To learn more about All Things Become New and the incredible impact the organization has on northern Maine communities, visit their website here.  The latest issue of my newsletter, The Red Eft, is here! It has writing updates, some reading recommendations, info on upcoming workshops, and a feature on Bess Welden's incredible Death Wings Workshop. Read the issue here.  It was an absolute honor to chat with Monica and Colby Charette on their Holding the Light podcast. We had an incredible conversation about grieving during the holidays, Camp Ray of Hope, writing through grief, and ways to support the loved ones in your life who are grieving. You can listen to the episode here. I'd encourage you to check out the Shine on Cass organization and all of the wonderful community and grief support work they are doing in memory of Cassidy.  I'll be working with MaineGeneral's Peter Alfond Prevention & Healthy Living Center to offer a number of writing workshops over the coming months. Writing for Better Health will be offered on 12/13 in Augusta and 1/14 virtually on Zoom; Writing through Grief will be on 2/11 in Waterville; and Writing for Helping Professionals will be offered on 3/6 in Augusta. More details below!  The latest issue of my newsletter has arrived, with a fun, coloring page artist; lots of tasty recipes; some reading recommendations, a bunch of upcoming writing workshops, and other morsels. You can read the July/August 2024 issue of the Red Eft here.  Here in Maine, we are fortunate to have Camp Ray of Hope, which is an annual weekend retreat for Maine individuals and families grieving the death of a loved one. More info about this year's Camp Ray of Hope weekend is below.  I was incredibly fortunate to participate in a residency at Monson Arts last month. I spent ten days in beautiful Monson, Maine with nine other writers and visual artists, and we were provided with housing, studios, meals, and the time to create. I spent my time working on my memoir, writing poems, and reading voraciously. Monson was my first ever residency, and it was an unforgettable experience.  |
AuthorSarah Kilch Gaffney lives and writes on a little piece of land in Maine. 
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