Helena Writes

In her 51st post, Helena reflects on the loss of her son's father and the first holiday without him. 

In her 50th post, Helena Clare Pittman shares another chapter from her favorite of her original works, Ruthie Pincus of Brooklyn.

In her 49th post, Helena returns with another chapter from her middle-grade novel, about piano lessons and the value of practice and art.

In her 47th post, Helena offers a short piece of writing by her adult son, an example of stream of consciousness-style writing, plus a call to try it yourself.

Helena offers some poetic “impressions” from her daily journaling practice, plus a requested and imagined end to the two-part monkey story from March and May.

In her 44th post, Helena Clare Pittman tells the second part of her March story of adolescent rebellion.

When I was fourteen and life had taken its hormonal turn, pushing me out of the childhood home that I thought was permanent, I bought a monkey...

“Ticked Off!” captured my imagination. It felt like a title for a children’s book. I thought of a clock. Then the story opened to me...

In her 40th post, Helena shares another original children’s story—a counting story—and creative process behind both writing and illustrating it.

In her 39th post, Helena shares an original children’s story, and the writing exercise behind its inception.