Pilgrim Trash, Mindfulness, and an Invitation
I made something. Look closely. It might not be what you think at first glance: This little art project represents just a fragment of two...
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Katie Allen
- Apr 11
- 5 min
10 Lessons from Month 1 of Writing Draft 1
10 lessons from my first month of writing my first draft of my second book.
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Katie Allen
- Apr 6
- 5 min
Reflections on Month 1 of Writing Draft 1
I've been in Spain now for over a month after moving from our home for the past three and a half years in Southern California. My husband...
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Katie Allen
- Jun 17, 2023
- 8 min
Camino Stories: St. Jean Pied-de-Port
It’s just me, some questionable machine coffee, and my red head lamp here at the monastery pilgrim hostel in Roncevalles, Spain. I’ve...
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Katie Allen
- Jun 15, 2023
- 6 min
Camino Stories: Getting to St. Jean-Pied-de-Port
It’s four-something in the morning here in Paris. I’ve cracked open the tall, screen-less windows to let in the cool air. It’s still...
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Katie Allen
- Jun 13, 2023
- 7 min
Camino Stories: I Leave Today for a 500 Mile Pilgrimage
In six hours, I leave for a 500-mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, also known as The Way of St. James or just The Way. I...
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Katie Colpaert
- Apr 15, 2023
- 5 min
Writing with Spring
A note: Just as the seasons will look different around the world, many of the things discussed in this piece will occur throughout the...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jan 20, 2023
- 11 min
My 9 Favorite Books on Writing
I get asked a lot to recommend books about writing, so I've finally compiled a list of my top nine. Below, I briefly share who might...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 6, 2022
- 11 min
Words & Wilderness: How I Started My Next Book in the Woods
I’m sitting alone in the woods trying not to think of the posted bear warning signs. I’ve just arrived after a four-hour drive through...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 28, 2022
- 5 min
Day 5: Slowing Down & Words from Natalie
Note: This is post #11 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 26, 2022
- 8 min
Day 4: "Dedicate Every Pore to What's Here."
Note: This is post #10 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 24, 2022
- 5 min
Writers Live Twice: 1 Year since Natalie Goldberg's Retreat
I woke up this morning to a wild craving. I wanted the quiet of Madeline Island with a near-madness, the Wisconsin paradise where I spent...
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Katie Colpaert
- Oct 9, 2021
- 9 min
Still Day 3: A Love Story, A Haiku, A Walk with Grief
Note: This is post #9 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
Day 3: Natalie (slowly) takes us to the beach
Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 25, 2021
- 10 min
Day 2 with Natalie: "I want you to suffer more."
Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Natalie asks, "How did you come to be here?"
Note: This is post #6 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 5, 2021
- 4 min
Teaching My Best Friend Writing Practice in Senegal, West Africa
At the end of the two-week writing retreat with Natalie in the last hour of the last session with her, she said something that made me...
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Katie Colpaert
- Aug 17, 2021
- 6 min
Day 1, part *2* of "True Secret of Writing" Retreat with Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #4 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Aug 2, 2021
- 7 min
Day 1, part 1 of "True Secret of Writing" Retreat with Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #3 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 19, 2021
- 8 min
Arriving to MISA & Meeting Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #2 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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