by Heather Diamond | Feb 18, 2021 | Blog, Family, Intercultural, Relationships, Tradition, Writing
I stepped out of my comfort zone twenty years ago when I first came to Hong Kong, but I didn’t realize then that beyond every doorway we step through, there is another threshold we must dare ourselves to pass.
by Heather Diamond | Apr 19, 2020 | Blog, Intercultural, Writing
I hope you are all staying safe and sane. I am fortunate to be holed up on beautiful Whidbey Island. I’m here with my 94-year-old mother and my sister who is going through chemo, and while peeling myself away from the news and finding time and energy to write is...
by Heather Diamond | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Daily Life, Family, Relationships, Travel, Writing
I live in my head, as do many writers, but I’ve been thinking about bodies lately. This is partly because this month I am in a writing workshop where we are writing essays on what the body remembers. Not much, if I ask mine. My head knows that there were triumphs and...
by Heather Diamond | Sep 30, 2019 | Travel, Writing
Finding the bigger story requires always requires you to let go of the small one in your head. To open up to the messy realities, the uncertainties, the multiple interpretations.
by Heather Diamond | Jul 6, 2019 | Belief, Blog, Intercultural, Writing
When “Waterbabies” was accepted for publication by Memoir Magazine last year, I was elated. It was my first “yes” from a literary magazine. The editor asked only for a slight reorganization to emphasize my focus on healing, to not end on the word “blood.” I made the...
by Heather Diamond | Mar 15, 2019 | Blog, Writing
Sometimes my memoir writing seems like a chain of encounters with ditched selves who keep showing up. Of course it is me who sent out the invitations. Me who set the table and prepared the food. Why then do I find myself wanting to hide in the broom closet or under...