She knows how memory gets smoothed down with time, everything flattened by the iron of acceptance and rejection - it comes to the same thing, she thinks. - Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

April Newsletter: Finding Extraordinary in the Ordinary There’s something about the prairies that lends itself to writing. Perhaps it the expansive sky or the interweaving of open land with forests and lakes and rivers…Read more: www.shirleyhaywrites.com/blog/finding...

What is fate and what is choice? Does everything happen for a reason? Will one small decision or action put into motion a series of events that cannot be stopped? Read my book review of “Here One Moment” by Liane Moriarty here: www.shirleyhaywrites.com/blog/here-one-moment?categoryId=482523

“Sometimes I still run my fingers over that spot of pitted wood. When remembering hurts less than forgetting. When touching the truth is all I can do.” From Righting My World: Short Story E-book www.nicolefrailbooks.com/shop/p/right...

In the past few years, I’ve started to read more and more historical fiction, especially about the world wars. It wasn’t intentional at first, but now it is. Read my Feb newsletter: The Power of the Past at shirleyhaywrites.com/blog/february-newsletter

An excellent resource from those who have walked this road before. Please share widely! It's very readable and useful. #US #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Help #WhatCanIDo verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...

Nikki Giovanni wrote a beautiful poem titled "A BENCH" about different ways we can belong together--she wrote that the bench is a metaphor for things like “friends we call on sad days”. I'd love you to read her poem/my reflection here janettewatt.substack.com #belonging #community #writers #poets

‪Shirley Hay, @shirleyhaywrites.bsky.social Happy to be here! Looking for writers and bookish friends to follow! I'm a writer from the flatlands of the Cnd prairies; some published short stories and a debut novel searching for its home. Married, three-time girl mom, and every day grateful.