The Unfurl Salon
Here’s some of the work that’s emerged from Unfurl — from first paintings to first publications, from new voices to the unfolding of creative practice in motion. The Salon celebrates our members’ milestones and the steady hum of a shared creative life.
The Best Women’s Women’s Travel Writing, Vol. 13
Series Editor
Lavinia Spalding
Featured Contributors
Emma Morrell, Shifting Sands, QATAR
Lisa VanderVeen, Meeting the Mistress, SINGAPORE
Kristin Winet, Pastizzi, MALTA
More Stories We Love, Special Mention
Carmen Bellos, Buongiorno, ITALY
Lisa Boice, The Accidental Birder, ICELAND
Laine Gonzales, Pteropods in the Balance, ANTARCTICA
Tiffany Hawk, Mother’s Ruin, ENGLAND
Kimberley Lovato, The Beach is My Teacher, Florida
Margaret Wagner, Picasso’s Paris Pigeons, FRANCE
Karen Wertheim, Finding Faith, Nepal
Carol Moen Wing, This Horse, MONGOLIA
Selected Writing
Beautiful Things from River Teeth | The Owl Mother
By Anne Giordano
New Jersey Monthly | My Unforgettable NJ Encounter With My Neighbor, Whitney Houston
By Lisa VanderVeen
Five Minute Lit | 73 Cents
By Kimberley Lovato
Beautiful Things from River Teeth | A Lot of Tomorrows
By Lavinia Spalding
Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | My Dinner with Hiro
By Tia Welch Maerz
Press Pause Press | Fisherman's Brewis
By Christa Jones
Gold Solas Award + Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Firecrackers in the Desert
By Lisa VanderVeen
Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Meeting the Mistress
By Lisa VanderVeen
Hippocampus Magazine | The Shipwreck
By Anne Giordano
The Accidental Birder, The Memoir | Substack + Solas Award Silver Winner | Utah: Spark Bird (Chapter 2)
By Lisa Boise
Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Buongiorno
By Carmen Bellos
Gold Solas Award | The Art of Crossing the Street
By Emma Morrell
Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | The Sneaker Wave
By Tia Welch Maerz
M|E|A Wisdom Well | Seasons of Life – Vibrant and Bold
By Annette Mason
The Good Life Review | HoneyBee Prize - Short Creative NonFiction | The Laundry Hangs at Noon
By Ginger Tolman
The Walrus | Why Do We Travel? To Call the Muse
By Lavinia Spalding
Silversea | In Valencia, Spain, to sample paella is to know the soul of this seaport city
By Karen Wertheim
The Sun | Readers Write | Getting Dressed
By Amy Lundeberg
The Christian Science Monitor | ‘The beach is my teacher.’ How an unexpected encounter changed my view of beauty
By Kimberley Lovato
Huffington Post | With 5 Words, My Marriage Ended. Then A Chance Encounter Across The World Gave Me New Life
By Lisa VanderVeen
Silversea | In New York City’s 38-acre Ramble, You’ll Find a Secret Parcel of Urban Paradise
By Karen Wertheim
Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Mountain Weather
By Anne Giordano
M|E|A Wisdom Well | Still Upright (Mostly): Dispatch from Midlife – My Reckoning in Austin
By Annette Mason
Saturday Evening Post | Being a Mom at SantaCon
By Lisa VanderVeen
Bronze Solas Award | To the Woman in the Santiago Bus Terminal
By Emma Morrell
The Christian Science Monitor | I went to Spain to find adventure. I realized I already had what I was looking for
By Tia Welch Maerz
The Accidental Birder, The Memoir | Substack | Belize: Walking Through Fear (Chapter 4)
By Lisa Boice
Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Mirror Hours in Kathmandu
By Karen Wertheim
Memoirland | Something to Believe In
By Lavinia Spalding
