Margaret’s Musings – Community
Chicago’s HIP Cognoscenti Bookstore
Back in my early Chicago days, I spent hours browsing the shelves of Aspidistra Bookshop on Clark Street. Within those creaky, wooden floors and miles of shelves I found my first collection of Ezra Pound and a gorgeous collection by the Russian poet, Yevtushenko. It...
What Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu and the St. Louis Blues Renewed in Me p.s. Thank you!
The first time I landed a single salchow without falling I felt like I was ready for the victory podium. My little life of ice skating had ascended into the air. I was no longer mortal, bound by gravity. Last week that feeling came back to me while watching the World...
Restoring Beauty in 2025
The Geneva Grotto: A story of revival How a dedicated team of volunteers turned back time for a cherished local landmark in my childhood backyard. Margaret Philbrick December 20, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to Tri-Cities Central, a twice-weekly...
Is an Artistic Community Right for You?
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/05/18/meet-women-building-community-christian-writers This article was written for America magazine by Judith Valente and it might be helpful in sparking ideas about the benefits of creating in community vs. going it...
From Back Patio to Bookstore Shelf – The Journey of a Book
Everbloom, Stories of Living Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives is the new book from Redbud Writers Guild which launches next week. How did it happen? On a sweet summer night in 2015 my hubby and I were sitting on the patio talking about the transforming work God has...
Climbing Kilimanjaro for Esperance and All
Today I’m praying for my friends and sisters who are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. A handful of women, two from the Redbud Writers Guild, are trekking up Kili as a fundraiser for women who are demeaned by their culture simply because they are women. This movement, One...