A whole new space in which to breathe.
Hi, fabulous person. It's raining here in Asheville, and I'm holed up at my dining room table making big plans, cooking up some magic for 2012. I am SO EXCITED to show you my new website (very soon! squeeee!) and hope you love it. To make sure you do, I've …
Stop abdicating the responsibility for your own humanity: The Penn State Rapes
The fact of the Penn State horror are simple and clear to me: No child should be raped. No child should be raped in a shower. No child should be raped in a shower by an adult he trusts. And no one watching that rape should sleep until they know …
poetry wednesday : pencil in “sunlight”
The Word Down near the bottomof the crossed-out listof things you have to do today, between "green thread"and "broccoli," you findthat you have penciled "sunlight." Resting on the page, the wordis beautiful. It touches youas if you had a friend and sunlight were a presenthe had sent from someplace distantas …
mindful monday : elvis, my muse.
I've been resting. And reading. And enjoying my new orange desk. I may have mentioned that once or eleven times. I walked around Beaver Lake this morning with my friend, Andrea. It was, as she said, like walking in a postcard. I ate fruit for breakfast. I am clearing my …
poetry wednesday : call today
Sunflowers in a Field Sunflowers in a field. Goldfinches everywhere. They gorge on seed. They rise To rest along the power line, then fall Like drizzled lemon drops, like lozenges Of candied yellow light. Two weeks a year, goldfinches Gather on sunflowers here. These evenings after supper, You see them …
mindful monday : stillness
Sometimes you just need to stop. Halt. Breathe. That's where I am now. Breathing. Halting. Hibernating. I'm on sabbatical for a little while from Facebook and social media. I'm contemplating my new orange desk, the one I wanted, the one I ordered, and the one I got delivered to my …
mindful monday : clarity of process
I'm actually in the process of streamling business processes. Given that I didn't really have any business processes to begin with, it is an exercise in creating and streamlining all at the very same moment. It is relieving me of stress in ways I never imagined, stress I never really …
Decatur, Georgia, I love you.
One of my favorite places to read is at the Georgia Center for the Book at the Decatur Public Library in Decatur, Georgia. There is something about that space that I love; even more so, I adore the people who come there. And I'll be there soon. Tuesday, October 4th …
Boston area reading today!
I'm excited to do a reading this afternoon (Sunday, September 25) at 4pm in the Barnes & Noble, Burlington, MA. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you there!
