by Connie Connally | Mar 12, 2018 | Books, Writing
My excellent MFA program, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA), closed a year and a half ago, and it was a sad event for all of us who had loved the program. Nevertheless, this has been a fruitful year for NILA grads. Last September Iris Graville’s memoir... by Connie Connally | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
My son Brendan is a missionary in Peru. He and his wife and children live high in the Andes among the Quechua people. He uses the Quechua language daily, as well as Spanish. Brendan and his family eat the foods of the region (including guinea pig) and are observant of... by Connie Connally | Jan 22, 2016 | Writing
The text of my article that appeared in The News Tribune on January 11, 2016 Every New Year’s, I think back on the previous twelve months. What was important during the year? What did I learn? This past year, surprisingly, one of my most significant lessons... by Connie Connally | Sep 18, 2015 | Life, Writing
My article that appeared in the Tacoma News-Tribune on Sept. 7, 2015 Today is Labor Day, which in America means the start of school. I spent years on a school schedule, first as a student, then as a mother of students, then as a teacher. Now that my first grandchild... by Connie Connally | Mar 13, 2015 | History, Writing
In January I met Scott Driscoll, a Seattle author and creative writing teacher. I welcomed the opportunity to talk with him because of our common interest in the Soviet bloc countries. Scott has written a novel set mainly in the Czech Republic, titled Better You Go...