Susan Troccolo

  • Home
  • About
  • New!
  • My Book
  • Life. Change. Compost.
  • Other Writing
  • Contact

Write Around Portland–Stacey’s story

October 23, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

Hi again dear Readers, The day after I sent out the post on Write Around Portland and freewriting, I received this short video that tells the story of a young woman who changed her life after being part of a Write Around Portland workshop. You can view the video here: this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Mentors, People, The Writing Life, Volunteering Tagged With: Kate Gray, Stacey's story, Volunteering, volunteering after retirement, Write Around Portland

Freewriting: free yourself up

October 21, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

  Talk about liberating. Every writer knows the dread of the blank computer screen or the blank page. The first thought is usually: how do I start? Who wouldn’t want to be liberated from the fear of even getting started? We want our most creative selves in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, The Writing Life, Volunteering, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden Tagged With: Accidental Genius, freewriting, Mark Levy, Write Around Portland

Marriage after retirement: Looking for a fight

May 8, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

  There was a time when leaving the corporate world to live differently was not at all straightforward for me. Some people would say—and they surely have a point—what, are you nuts? But I was someone who had always worked--starting as a kid giving guitar lessons--until we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Life, Marriage, Volunteering Tagged With: emotional life after retirement, Marriage, retirement, volunteering after retirement

Welcome

December 5, 2012 By Susan Troccolo

Welcome Readers, Thanks so much for stopping by. This site has been designed as a creative home away from home, online digs for work in progress, a place to play and a place to connect. Since bloggers blog at the pleasure of our readers, you wonder what life, change, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Change, Friends, Grief and Loss, Harvest, Letters to Jenny, Life, Love, Marriage, Mentors, Seasons in a Portland Garden, The Writing Life, Travel, Volunteering, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden

All Content Copyright © 2025 Susan Troccolo · Site Design: Ilsa Brink