Some announcing to do.
A few announcements from my dining room table to yours: I'm so excited to announce the opening of registration for the next Life is a Verb retreat (Nov 5-8, 2009) near Asheville, NC. We've expanded it by a full day! Limited to 12 people. Go here for more information! Also, …
poetry wednesday.
We need more poetry in our lives, I'm thinking. How about a poem every Wednesday, not just during National Poetry Month? Just a little something to propel us into Thursday. Thanks to Siona for pointing me to this one. "I thought that the divestiture of self could be likened to …
Paper quilt love.
All I wanted for my birthday was a paper quilt. And, wow! The quilt squares wouldn't all fit on this table and are still coming in to my absolute delight. Each one a spectacular offer into the world. More squares are arriving, so I am holding off on creating a …
Fifty. Seventeen.
I woke up fifty this morning. And Emma woke up seventeen. We walked to the beach together to watch the sunrise. Each day, a gift.
Laurel and Hardy, meet Santana
Turn up the volume. I'll bet you a spelt hemp cage-free fig scone and a cup of organic free trade shade-grown coffee that you can't help but dance in your chair as you watch this. I love, love, love this. How much do I love this? Let me count the …
I smell birthday cake and ocean breezes.
I am already 50 in New Zealand. And yet this piano birthday cake seems like only yesterday!
Sand story.
Find eight minutes and thirty-three seconds in your day today to watch this evocative, breathtaking story of a nation in sand. From Youtube: “Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine’s version of ‘America’s Got Talent.’ She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and ‘sand painting’ …
Bridging differences through the written word.
For three years, I've hosted a "Bridging Differences" book group in Asheville, meeting at Malaprop's Bookstore once a month to talk about a novel or memoir or piece of nonfiction that grapples with difference of some kind–a different voice, an "outsider," a question of identity in a dominant culture. Many …
With thanks to Eunice Shriver
“The right to play on any playing field? You have earned it. The right to study in any school? You have earned it. The right to hold a job? You have earned it. The right to be anyone’s neighbor? You have earned it!" -Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1987 Special Olympics, South …
