This is a poem I recently wrote for a friend’s 90th birthday honoring her for her decades of work quietly but effectively telling truths through stories and art for children and adults. By truth the Earth endures,said the ancient Irish Druids.And by untruth, Earth falls,in untold stories, mis-told stories,repressed stories, oppressed stories. Some Truth Tellerswield… Continue reading The Truth Tellers
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The Earth Stars Journey
A few weeks ago I was tending to my garden and found that Earth stars had come to my yard. Earth stars are mushrooms that look like stars. The insides of the little ball are filled with spores and when it rains, they open up and scatter their offspring to their fates. The Blackfeet Nation… Continue reading The Earth Stars Journey
Music Is Poetry Beyond Words
And poetry is music beyond tones and rhythm. When I was in elementary school, I wanted to play the drums in the school band, but I was told “girls don’t play drums.” So, later I learned guitar, piano, and Appalachian dulcimer, but I didn’t play drums for many decades. In the meantime I had read… Continue reading Music Is Poetry Beyond Words
The Seven Summits Women: Together We Reach Higher
On December 23, 2014, four young Nepalese women of the Seven Summits Women Team reached the summit of Mt. Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica. This was the final climb in their goal to scale the highest mountains in each of the seven continents, a goal reached by only 350 people, including 51 women,… Continue reading The Seven Summits Women: Together We Reach Higher
The Woman with Bountiful Bowls: A Collaboration of Art and Writing
Illustration by: Nancy Richardot Tenney Aka Nanri A few days ago, my friend and extraordinarily talented artist Nanri Tenney gave me a drawing she had made of a teapot that was rich with many layers of meaning. Since I also find the symbolism of teapots to be so extraordinarily abundant that I named this blog… Continue reading The Woman with Bountiful Bowls: A Collaboration of Art and Writing
Emptying the Nest and Loving the Universe
This is the time of the year when the nest of many mothers empties as children who are no longer children head off to college. I suppose that the experience is different for everyone, but I am feeling at once a sense of loss of my old life and sadness from missing someone I deeply… Continue reading Emptying the Nest and Loving the Universe
Holly Lavina’s Video of Hands Baking Bread
Many years ago I published a poem titled “Hands Breaking Bread.” Imagine my surprise when I found that Holly Lavina had made a video of it that was on youtube! I love the video – her reading as well as the graphics bring out elements of the poem even I hadn’t experienced before. Her video… Continue reading Holly Lavina’s Video of Hands Baking Bread
Celebrating Our Birthdays and Changing the World
In order to make articles and columns available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This first appeared in Moondance, December, 2008. I have now lived fifty years on the one planet in the universe that we know has life on it. In that time, the sun has dawned and set 18,262 times;… Continue reading Celebrating Our Birthdays and Changing the World
Celebrate Your Muses: Your Gateways to Inner Worlds
I have stared out my kitchen window several times a day for over 20 years and only yesterday did I notice that I have a woman emerging from the closest tree. From several different angles, a female figure is clearly stepping out of the tree’s gnarled bark. Now, do I believe that there is a… Continue reading Celebrate Your Muses: Your Gateways to Inner Worlds
Happy Birthday, With Love, Sedna
This week I am 51 years old. Last year on my birthday I began what I imagined would be a yearlong adventure gathering up those elements of my younger self that I had left behind but which I wanted back in my life. Much of my meandering took place in New York City, where I… Continue reading Happy Birthday, With Love, Sedna
