Poetry combined with music creates a deeper expression of beauty. The metaphor of a river reflects our lives which run deep and strong. I am a river, deep and full I have meandered between rock and soil Carving out my path. I am a river, ancient and dusky Learning from the rivers that [...]
I realize how we must learn a new language for this new time... I know many languages and yet, in this time I am aware of needing to learn a new language that goes beyond my words. I need a new language for this new time. A New Language. [...]
Don't forget. This is a call for kindness. Your kindness. Fires now burn out of control. Climate change and racial injustice cry out for change. Unemployment soars. There is great political unrest. The rising sun is reflected on the road. And then there is the pandemic. You can make choices, even in the [...]
If I were to offer A Song of Hope for this time it would be... Creativity often grows and percolates in the deep and quiet places. This song is actually a prayer which has grown in such a place. A Song of Hope is my heart cry for our world. [...]
This season of COVID brings up many emotions. There is fear and uncertainty, a sense of how everything is put on hold. As a result, I have revisited the subject of how to express grief in writing. We grieve because what we once knew as normal has changed. We may grieve because our lives [...]
I remember when the hand specialist spoke those dreaded words; “You won’t be able to use your right hand anymore.” At first his words were foreign, spoken in a language I didn’t understand. What? What was the doctor saying? How could I, a writer and an artist, NOT use my right hand? But my [...]
Today is the last day of a 30 day blogging challenge that I agreed to participate in. This may be my most poignant blog yet. Some have asked me why I agreed to such a rigorous commitment. You, my readers, deserve to understand the answer in the best way I can tell you. You see, [...]
We all have life themes. They show up repeatedly in our lives and in our art. If you have been reading my blogs , you already know that stars are only one of my life themes. Some of my life themes include Beloved and Creator God, healing, empowerment, authenticity and creative expressions in many [...]
