The Spring Equinox: Portals and Transformations with Grace Dane Mazur

Week of March 14, 2026

This week of the Spring Equinox we will consider all sorts of Portals and Transformations –– actual and metaphorical.

Our in-class writing exercises will explore questions such as:

How do we transform life into fiction?
How do we start?
Where do we start?
How do we capture time?
How do we pay attention to details?
Who do we write for?

THE SPRING EQUINOX: PORTALS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
Join Grace Dane Mazur for a series of writing workshops exploring various ways of looking at life and the world through writing. Each day’s workshop is different and may be attended separately.

Day 1  
Beginnings.
Doors and Portals at the Ranch and in Writing.
How do we start?

Day 2   

Inside and Outside.

The Power of Thresholds.

Openings and the necessary tension

Day 3
The Senses as Portals of the Imagination.
Silence.
Attention.

Day 4
Doorways between Worlds.
The Everyday, The Uncanny, The Sacred.
Why does Place matter?

Day 5
Endings.
Who do we write for?
Writing as Spiritual Practice.
Writing at home.

An Evening Reading
Join Grace Dane Mazur for a reading from her latest novel and discussion of her mid-life transition from biological research (concentrating on Silkworms) to fiction writing (concentrating on human beings.