by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 4, 2013 | Oregonian stories, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
When Rosetta Adzasu moved with her family from Italy to Charlottesville, Virginia at the end of her seventh grade year, she lived in a three bedroom apartment with her family and members of extended family, totaling nine people. The Ghana-born 23-year-old had moved...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 1, 2013 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Willamette Writers, Writers Connection-, Writing
I will be leading an Advanced Freelance Writing Workshop today at the Willamette Writers Conference. I enjoy sharing my story with others. It has been a blur, this weekend, with my other responsibilities as Literary Chair, taking care of all the agents and editors....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 1, 2013 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Community, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Writers Connection-, Writing
(Originally appeared on August 1 at Oregonlive.com) The WILLAMETTE WRITERS CONFERENCE percolates at Portland’s Sheraton Hotel at the Airport Friday August 2 through Sunday August 4, with prep events starting Thursday August 1. With this year’s theme...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 26, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Parenting, Writing
For this week’s Outdoor Adventure with kids, we met my sister and her kids at Speelyai Bay on Lake Merwin in Washington. I grew up going to Lake Merwin with my parents and siblings but this is a new beach as the one we went to growing up is not very nice...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 17, 2013 | Art, Authors, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, SW Weekly
(Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian July 17, 2013 with the headline: “Middle School teacher works his magic on the page” and on oregonlive.com Oregonlive.com Story) During Steve Davala’s college years, he traveled to...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 16, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Adventures with Kids
I found out about the Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserves for this week’s Summer 2013 Adventure with Kids by googling “wildlife refuge.” We have been able to visit most of the wildlife refuges that came up my computer screen with a similar google...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 14, 2013 | Culture, Family Life, Home, Kids, Life, Moms, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column
About the kids-relaxing-all-summer thought. Not going to happen. They would drive me and themselves crazy for sure. Since my recent earlier summer blog post, “Can we just Relax, Mom?” I have received notes from other high-achieving parents, grateful for the...
