on gentleness, and being vulnerable
I’ve had this video on replay all day. The song starts at 1:00. Listen. There is a quality to his performance that is mesmerizing, magical. It is a quietness, a knowing, a vulnerability that opens up all kinds of space for me, any listener, inside the song. This is worth …
peace to a trailblazer
I like to think that Sally Ride is now among the stars. May you rest in peace, trailblazer. (Photo: Located 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a reflection nebula called NGC 1333 epitomizes the beautiful chaos of a dense group of stars being born. Photo from NASA)
in which tess writes a 3-page book.
There are a few parts to this story: Tess wrote a book yesterday, sitting at the table where I am writing. With Perry beside her, of course. She really wanted to publish it, and so we made a PDF of it. A local group is gathering resources to provide school …
thinking thursday.
MIND I was intrigued by this story about the lure of the fairy tale. “In the Grimms’ time, industrialization was starting to simplify or eliminate certain domestic chores. For that reason, among others, the oral tale was beginning to disappear. Intellectuals considered this a disaster. Hence the many fairy-tale collections …
nina, i remember.
I stayed by her bed for three days as she died. The sides of the metal hospital bed were finally pulled up, to keep her in, to keep her safe. The metal slats of the window blinds clicked together and then against the pane of the glass in the air …
my declaration of in(ter)dependence
Independence Day. It is, like many U.S. holidays, lost in part to beer and fireworks and sales, the meaning diluted or held up as a siren song for Us vs Them chest-thumping talk, the kind of talk that inevitably ends in war, in order for another independence to be won. …
oopsie!
UPDATE: The fabulous Meredith Matthews fixed the masthead while in a vehicle going at high speeds on an interstate, I hear. I don’t think she was driving at the time. Many thanks, Meredith! And thanks to Sydney Wellman for submitting this beautiful art for July! Wee little technical issue with …
What one thing?
What one thing? There is a world of things I need to do, want to do. The list of goals is overwhelming me; I feel smothered by it. I realized this past weekend that I am teetering on the edge of depression over it. Eating poorly, getting too little sleep …
why write?
My latest online writing class called VerbTribe just ended. To celebrate an amazing journey, I’m posting the work of writers in the group as they’ve responded to some of the prompts during this class. This beautiful piece by Carol Sanders considers why we write. My thanks, Carol, for this strong …
