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A couple of days ago I posted about making blackberry cobbler from some wild blackberries we found and picked.

Nature is always interesting and …

Brambles scraped and scratched. The air clung humid against skin crisped beneath the sun.

Skin itched.

What’s that? Reach for it.

Ouch, thorns!

No, look there.

Wild blackberries!

Let’s pick some.

Hands stained ruby red.

What should we do with them?

Mom’s blackberry cobbler recipe.

Stomachs full. …

Previously I had written about choosing an MFA program, and this time I wanted to talk about a central component to any creative writing program—the writing workshop, where members submit stories for critique by the other members of the workshop. And I guess I should state that writing workshops …