December 4, 2025
Living in the Changing Light
Experiencing the stillness of Advent in a room of one’s own.
Category: Poetry
November 21, 2025
The Loved Ones
Sometimes the wisdom of a simple 13-line poem provides the healing you need at the moment.
October 28, 2025
What Do You Care About?
To create your art — in its myriad manifestations — start with the question, “What do you care about?”
June 12, 2025
Nature is Party to All
I thought all of the fields in my beloved farmland were barren. Then I discovered one that was not.
June 11, 2025
Begin Again the Story of Your Life
I look at my worn and weathered journals and wonder: have I learned anything? Have I created anything?
May 29, 2025
SURGICAL LESSONS — RESOLVE!
The stages of recovery from a tough surgery take time to go through, but perhaps in the end, you have renewed resolve to move forward.
November 14, 2024
The Animal Inside Me
“There is an animal inside me/clutching fast to my heart” — Anne Sexton, from “The Poet of Ignorance”