Skip to content

Tara McGuire

Writer

  • Home
  • About
  • Essays
  • Travel
  • Poetry
  • Photos
  • Radio + Voice
  • Contact
Red Letter Day

Red Letter Day

“I’m crying in the doctor’s office.”  There is emotion inflating her voice.  “ I saw your email just as they were calling my name to go in and I thought, I’ll wait and read it…

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • by Tara McGuire
  • Posted on November 17, 2016May 12, 2020
  • 48 Comments on Red Letter Day
Tribute to a Friend

Tribute to a Friend

For about a year now I have been spending time each week with a family friend, Andrew. He suffered from Frontal Temporal Dementia which is a fancy scientific  way of saying his brain quit working…

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • by Tara McGuire
  • Posted on November 8, 2016May 12, 2020
  • 11 Comments on Tribute to a Friend
Sorrow and Joy – Together

Sorrow and Joy – Together

Where do ideas come from?  How does this genesis occur?  I’m serious.   Who is in charge of these bastard thought children running amok?   Do memory and desire hook up quick and dirty one night and…

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • by Tara McGuire
  • Posted on July 5, 2016May 14, 2020
  • 29 Comments on Sorrow and Joy – Together

Tara McGuire Follow

writer • moderator • speaker • voiceover 📚 HOLDEN AFTER AND BEFORE - Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose @arsenalpulp Sept. 2022 (she/her) @translitagency

TaraJMcGuire
tarajmcguire Tara McGuire @tarajmcguire ·
11 Mar 2024

Thank you @MaureenHalushak and @Chatelaine for offering a home to this nervous essay. It’s important for women struggling with their mental health during menopause to know there are other options.

Reply on Twitter 1767214917386387457 Retweet on Twitter 1767214917386387457 2 Like on Twitter 1767214917386387457 7 Twitter 1767214917386387457
tarajmcguire Tara McGuire @tarajmcguire ·
11 Dec 2023

This is it for me on Xbird. Made many wonderful connections here, especially other writers and readers, but the hate, dis+mis-info along with the the Owner’s clear racism and insanity are more than I can support in good conscience.
Bye bye 👋🏾
See you on The-reads. 🧵

Reply on Twitter 1734011241344217450 Retweet on Twitter 1734011241344217450 Like on Twitter 1734011241344217450 31 Twitter 1734011241344217450
Retweet on Twitter Tara McGuire Retweeted
isabelleraghem Isabelle Raghem @isabelleraghem ·
5 Dec 2023

Its so sad seeing some Canadians gloating about the loss of 600 CBC jobs. Have we forgotten the importance of journalism to democracy? It means some local issues & stories unheard. Important investigative pieces never reported. Cuts in journalism is a HUGE loss to the public.

Reply on Twitter 1732124803518300391 Retweet on Twitter 1732124803518300391 12 Like on Twitter 1732124803518300391 105 Twitter 1732124803518300391
Retweet on Twitter Tara McGuire Retweeted
rthexton Rachel Thexton @rthexton ·
5 Dec 2023

This @GlobalBC interview w @TaraJMcGuire , by @sophielui, is so important. Tara explains her feelings in ways that may help many to understand why some use substances...why the stigma and shame is so misguided and dangerous.

Reply on Twitter 1731946762309431307 Retweet on Twitter 1731946762309431307 2 Like on Twitter 1731946762309431307 5 Twitter 1731946762309431307
Load More

Recent Posts

  • San Miguel Writer’s Conference 2025
  • Chatelaine: Microdosing and Menopause Anxiety
  • New Essay in Montecristo Magazine
  • Words Can Lead the Way…
  • Holden After and Before
  • Celebrating Holden Through Art

Subscribe to Blog via Email

If you would like me to let you know when I post something new please add your email below. Thanks!

Join 356 other subscribers

/

Posts navigation

«Previous Posts 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 23 Next Posts»
Tara McGuire
Copyright © 2025 Tara McGuire. All rights reserved.