1. This question is about a writing group, but it's about a lot of groups, that you join for a common experience, but find the commonalities are not bridging other gaps.
2. I recognize that this is a function of living in the post industrial age, but I had never realized peeps used to be handmade, until one candymaker came up with a process. He passed away recently, but I will eat a peep in his honor.
3. I found this journaling technique for grounding in times of stress useful.