When asked why I write and what I believe about writing, my answers will depend entirely on the day and time the question is asked. These questions have a multitude of answers and these are the ones that I have for today.
When Enough is Enough is Enough, Keb Mo & Roseanne Cash have the answer …
When so much of the “news” that makes its way to our screens and inboxes is about violence & meanness, I am always looking for acts of kindness.
Hunter Noack, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild is an outdoor concert series where America’s most stunning landscapes replace the traditional concert hall.
“During a time when lies are invading the land of truth, let us know hope is just an idea if it doesn’t lace its boots.” –Andrea Gibson, they/them
“Everything we need to know sits behind a wall that needs tearing down.” – Maya Stein
Poet Sulima Malzin joins the Ann Staley tribute at the Milwaukie Poetry Series: Season 15 Episode 11, filmed July 13, 2022. (VIDEO)
If you need a little lift today, “Older Ladies” just might be your ticket.
When I discovered this inspirational recording, I knew I had found my theme song for Arms Filled With Bittersweet. Maybe yours too.
TED Talks: Pat Mitchell has nothing left to prove and much less to lose – she’s become a “dangerous woman.”
Inaugural reading of some poems from Arms Filled with Bittersweet, filmed at the West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on May 21, 2022. (VIDEO)
A reading of some poems from Words That Dance, filmed at the West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on September 11, 2021. (VIDEO)
