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 …
longing.
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 …
carry my weather with me.
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 …
were they stunned?
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 …
roses.
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 …
