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About Joan When I write I want to connect with something - a mislaid memory, a character's voice, the way the air feels on any given morning. I always hope that if I follow such a thread I will touch some deep and vital part of myself, or gain access to worlds beyond my ordinary experience.
When I teach I help others make connections, to happen upon the unexpected. It is at this level - writing not what we know but what wants to be discovered - that real creative and transformative work gets done. I delight in helping others find those portals through which they meet their stories and themselves. I have been a full-time writing teacher for 22 years. In addition to my private classes, I have taught at Maine College of Art, Maine Writers' and Publishes' Alliance, Spring Hill, the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (CHIME), and the universities of Southern Maine, New Hampshire and New England. Over the years my teaching has come to reflect my deepening interest in nature, imagination and dream - the transpersonal realms of creative experience. My training in energy work and shamanic practice also influence my work as teacher and writer. I bought Fifth House Lodge in 1999 as a retreat to inspire and nurture writers. Most who spend time here discover that the natural world is a powerful presence that informs every aspect of their stay. I hope to see you here some day. Joan 
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