by Debi Lewis | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog
Happy New Year and January and winter and possible-fresh-starts-but-maybe-regular-life because really, some of the most enduring and important changes happen slowly. All winter-school break long, my family and I dreamed of what it might be like to stay somewhere...
by Debi Lewis | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog
Welcome to the Winter Solstice! As this year draws to a close and the days in Seattle so very dim and short I feel grateful to be done with 2020 and also aware that I don’t want to take any time for granted. This is the darkest part of the COVID tunnel so far with...
by Debi Lewis | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog
This Saturday I will be Kiran Nazish’s guest on an Instagram Live with her organization Women in Journalism at 9 AM PST. We’ll be talking about parental separation, the power of listening, how writers reach hidden spaces, and my forthcoming memoir When She Comes Back....
by Debi Lewis | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog
I hope you made it through election week and its current aftermath in one piece. If this year were a roller coaster I’m thinking it would be the Oblivion in England: or maybe the Stratosphere Infinity in Las Vegas. It was a week of late nights, choppy sleep, and...
by Debi Lewis | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog
The first piece I drafted when I picked up writing several years after becoming a mother was fiction. I drew heavily from actual events but never thought of telling the story without changing locations, situations, and names. I think I thought that I would be cheating...
