Amy Wight Chapman

Lessons from Beth

All of the words I can think of to describe my dear friend Beth, who passed away in July at the age of 93, fall far short of conveying what an…

Oct 6 • Amy Wight Chapman

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September 2026

I’ve (still) gotta be me

Thank you to my fellow writer Bonnie, whose prompt for our writing group this month—“What person or experience hurt your spirit most in this lifetime?

Sep 17 • Amy Wight Chapman

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June 2026

Mile 13

For this month’s writing group prompt, my friend Rosabelle suggested “A place you have visited and would like to revisit.” I’m not much of a…

Jun 8 • Amy Wight Chapman

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April 2026

My Mountain

This month, when my writing group was given the prompt, “What place in nature holds the most special meaning for you?

Apr 28 • Amy Wight Chapman

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March 2026

No, actually, I haven’t been working on my novel...

Sixteen months ago I published Just Like Glass, my first book.

Mar 23 • Amy Wight Chapman

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November 1969, when ignorance was bliss

In the old black and white photo, six girls are gathered in Donna’s living room, below a paint-by-numbers picture of a deer grazing beneath some birch…

Mar 2 • Amy Wight Chapman

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February 2026

Eli the Wonder Pup

5/20/17 - 2/23/26

Feb 25 • Amy Wight Chapman

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Key to the Treasure

My daughter Annie, who, among the many amazing things she does, operates a mobile bookstore (soon to become a brick-and-mortar bookstore!) in Colorado…

Feb 18 • Amy Wight Chapman

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November 2025

My Honky Tonk Heroes

I’m upstairs, just about to go down and start dinner, when I catch a few bars of a melody, picked out on a guitar, and in an instant, it takes me back…

Nov 24, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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I thought there would be more time

I’ve said it before: closing up our camp for the season always makes me feel melancholy.

Nov 4, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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October 2025

The Bird Pitcher

“Write the story of a precious possession in your home.” That was the prompt for the September meeting of my online memoir group.

Oct 15, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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September 2025

The stuff that follows me everywhere

This month, one of the topic choices the members of my local writing group gave ourselves was “Write about a time when you moved from one home to…

Sep 29, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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