We are supposed to be in Oregon tonight, on our way to an annual dreamwork retreat at the gorgeous Breitenbush Retreat Center. Two weeks ago, we were supposed to be in Chicago for my nephew’s wedding, which got postponed and, as of tonight, postponed again. Last...
When there is a great communal traumatic experience, like the one we are currently in the midst of, often all that can be done is to get through. Get through the day, the current moment of crisis, then the next, then the next. It can be near impossible to be with the...
It is mid-April. Wish I could say we are mid-pandemic because that would say there was an end. Wish I could say many things about what is happening all around us, what is continuing to unfold. How we are responding, not-responding, reacting. I have been struggling...
Welcome to NaPoWriMo 2023!! During this month of April, which is National Poetry Month AND the "birth" month of my debut book of poems, I am joining other poets who are writing a poem a day for these 30 days.
Inspiration from the brilliant heart of Maureen Thorson I am following the original and awesome NaPoWriMo poet Maureen Thorson who has been "doing" this for 20 years - not just doing her own poems but offering daily prompts and excellent poetry resources. Check it out here: https://www.napowrimo.net/