Poems
Poem #28 Why I Chose You
Because your eyes crinkle when you tell a story, And your face opens up into a laugh The way a flower opens to the sun. Because you smell like home….
December 3, 2018
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Big Yellow/Little Blue Writing Retreats
Big Yellow Mini-Retreat
Jump start your writing this summer with an three day intensive!
Nerissa will be holding daytime workshops/mini-retreat for a short week in August,Monday Aug. 6, Tuesday Aug. 7, Wednesday Aug. 8, 1-3:30pm at Big Yellow. (more…)
Summer Writing Retreat
Finally–give yourself to your writing for one delicious week! We will meet from 9am-4pm. Mornings will be dedicated to writing in my beautiful house, inside or out on the porch, or patio, or in the secret spot in the center of my labyrinth…or even on the second floor of my barn. This is a fantastic opportunity (more…)
Focus Chorus
Focus Chorus is a high level singing group composed of 10-15 year olds. An offshoot of the highly successful Local Chorus (kids aged 5-15), Focus Chorus is for advanced singers who are willing to work hard and learn 3-4 part harmony songs. (more…)
Local Chorus
Local Chorus is a privately run chorus for kids aged 5-13. We sing a wide repertoire of folk, pop, rock and classical music in one-, two- and three-part arrangements. When possible, we incorporate strings played by the students, as well as guitar and percussion played by adults and students. (more…)
- 10 wks starting 1/8/2019
- Tuesday from 4 – 4:45 pm
- Montessori School of Northampton
COST: $150.00
September Little Blue Retreat
First ever Little Blue weekend retreat! Help Nerissa inaugurate the beautiful new writing studio! Retreat starts at 5:30 Friday with dinner, introductions and a short writing session. Then two days of writing, with a delicious home-cooked dinner on Saturday night, sharing after dinner. On Sunday, we will write 9-5 with lunch in between. (more…)
Weeding & Pruning
Weeding & Pruning is a manuscript group composed of six Writing It Up in the Garden writers. We have been meeting for the past 9 years, on and off, via teleconference. (more…)
Weekly Writing Workshops
On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Nerissa Nields holds amazing writing workshops out of her home in Northampton. She created these groups in 2003 when, as a single woman, she bought a Big Yellow House that was a bit beyond reach. (more…)
- Regular, 10-week Courses
- Generative (first draft) writing
- Manuscript group (by invitation only)
- Winter 2019
- Northampton, MA
COST: $350.00
Hootenanny Parent Guitar
Nerissa teaches parents how to bring HooteNanny home. In a warm, encouraging group setting, parents and grandparents strum together, learn chords, finger-picking patterns, rudimentary music theory, sing together, laugh, share their struggles with practicing after bedtime, and make amazing progress. (more…)
November Kali Retreat
Join Nerissa for a three-day intensive writing weekend from Friday November 2 to Sunday November 4. We will start Friday at 5:30 with a hot dinner, after which we will gather for introductions and a first writing session. (more…)
January MLK Weekend Retreat
By popular demand, we’re going to have a mini-replica of the Summer Writing Camp in the deep midwinter! Join Nerissa for a three-day intensive writing weekend from Friday January 18 to Sunday January 20 2019. (more…)
March Spring Equinox Retreat
Come to Northampton MA and tap into your spring reserves for a weekend of writing, laughing, learning and growing. This yearly event is one of the favorites for aficionados of the Big Yellow retreats. Springtime is a great time to start a new project or go deeper into an existing one. (more…)
