Welcome to the first Slipper Camp on the subject of HOME. I have been contemplating this subject for months as I searched through 100’s of possible prompts to find 30 that spoke to me. And, hopefully, to you. 

HOME.

As the daughter of European refugees who fled the Nazis in Vienna for America in 1938, leaving their families and their whole lives behind to start anew, the concept of home is actually one I’ve always pondered. Now, for the next twenty days, we will explore the notion of home together. 

The idea of home is basic and a breathtakingly universal need.  After her great adventure, Dorothy realized, “There’s no place like home.”

Robert Frost said, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Home is supposed to be where the heart is. Home can be a person or a pet or a place or…. you name it.

Whatever your experience, the prompts in this Slipper Camp are designed to guide you through writing 10,000 words about HOME in your own unique way.

Note – I want you to write specifically about the way you feel about home, not about HOME in general. Slipper Camp is not designed for writing impersonal essays. It’s designed for you to write your own story (or to write fiction about characters who are as real to you as the person sitting next to you.)

In all prompts you will be prompted to write one moment at a time. To use original detail in your writing. To be as specific as you can about whatever you write.