Salon Blog

The chatting and noshing continues after the salon. Join me here to find out what’s coming up, what happened, and sometimes even recipes. Comments are welcome!

Savory Sam Workshop Essays

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The first Savory Workshop with Samantha Dunn contained tremendous breakthroughs and they dove deep. Below is a fun sampling of some of the students’ pieces from the workshop. Come join us Saturday, October 22, 2011 at The InkSpot for a Personal Narratives reading, along with a reading and interview with Sam Dunn. Click here for more details from San Diego Writers, Ink Letter of Protest to Change by Donna Marganella Dear Change: Enough already. I’ve been tap dancing for years trying to keep up with you. Give me a break. I’m tired. I’m ready to...

In the Beginning

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This Saturday, Feb 4th the 2nd series of Samantha Dunn workshops began in my living room. Only seven participants this time, but I like this smaller size better. It feels more comfortable, more roomy. The first weekend is all craft exercises and talking about the craft and reading work written in the workshop. Bare bones words. Stuff that comes up from the inside. Let me share what stood out for me, what resonates still. It’s not the full picture of what anyone wrote, but the images in my head that still bang around hours after everyone has...