As a tween, Lyndi walked miles to borrow books from the bookmobile and found quiet places to read them. Now she writes stories for young readers and helps other writers with their writing projects.
A retired high school teacher, mother of three adult children, and community youth volunteer, Lyndi moved with her husband to Panama where she hosts writing workshops, tours and retreats in nature and at Tranquilo Retreat. Often ideas come to her as she walks the beach and hikes in the mountains.
While stargazing around a campfire, many children and teens shared the grief they carried. Lyndi was struck by how challenging it is to help youth who grieve and was inspired to write the Summer Triangle Trilogy.
Creative Constellations: A Writing Journal by Lyndi Allison, is a unique collection inspired by poetry, quotes, myths and diagrams. A fundraiser for education, it provides pathways for young adults to build skills and awareness, to manage life’s trials and celebrate its triumphs. I was drawn to Lyndi’s metaphor of our connections with one another being like constellations of stars. My favourite line is from Miriam Rice’s excerpt, “Perhaps it is part of the human condition to fear that which is beyond our ability to rationalize or domesticate with the dog-collar of science.”