a quiet offering.
I am making a quiet offering to the people of Sandy Hook Elementary School and their community. If you would like to participate, go here for information. Blessings. And I offer you this poem by one of my favorite poets, Naomi Shihab Nye, posted by one of my favorite humans, …
in honor of the children who have died.
In honor of the children at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut who went to school this morning to play in their brightly colored kindergarten classroom and clap their hands with glee at the very idea of recess–and never came home. In honor of their teachers who teach because they believe …
make strong offers.
I talk to my classes about making strong offers. Putting your work into the world without regret, without attachment to outcome, without hesitation. Voicing your voice. Here are my strong offers for the beginning of 2013. I welcome you along for the journey, if they resonate with you. Connect with …
thinking thursday.
body 14 days of raw, vegan food. I feel as if I have reset my taste buds and my approach to food. My pantry looks fundamentally different. I feel lighter and happier and more focused. I have lost 10 pounds, though that wasn’t the goal. I made a raw key …
poetry wednesday : i love you. it will end.
Cold Solace -Anna Belle Kaufman When my mother died, one of her honey cakes remained in the freezer. I couldn’t bear to see it vanish, so it waited, pardoned, in its ice cave behind the metal trays for two more years. On my forty-first birthday I chipped it out, a …
mindful monday.
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rare flower.
Rare Flower – a tribute to a treasured neighbor by Susie Surtees Beatrice Southall’s eyes are the colour of milky forget-me-nots. In her tender youth, did anyone, trembling with desire, gaze into them and call them limpid? Mr. Southall’s desire gave her a sulky pony-tailed daughter, whose irregular visits often …
thinking thursday.
body I’ve been eating a raw, whole-foods, vegan diet for a week. The simplicity of it has great appeal. The capacity of our minds and bodies to adapt to a new way of eating astounds me. The energy levels I’m feeling already–and the clarity of thought–is astounding. Here are two …
art heals.
The beginning of a dream come true. For decades I have traveled the world in my work, always paying attention to artisans wherever I went. I have a big binder of notes to myself about beautiful things I have seen, and cards of potters and painters and ironworkers and …
recognitions on reading Naomi Shihab Nye
The latest class of VerbTribe just ended. This week, I will feature on 37days the writing of VerbTribe members in this most recent class. These excerpts are in response to daily prompts the class provides, and I hope you will appreciate the voices of these writers. If you’re interested in …
