Power of Language, part 1
Think of a hateful word or phrase. Notice how it feels in your muscles, your jaw, your gut, your heart. Notice how the energy of those words affects you. Now...
Note to Self: Nature Writer
Perhaps I should be a nature writer. Images, delights, symbols from nature are what I’m called to share with you because it’s effortless inspiring wonder-ful speaks to the soul And,...
Thrusting MayDay
Bring it on up Bring it on out What? Whatever in you has been percolating, hiding, baking, cooking, dormant . . . Spring is the time to rise. To connect....
Writing, Divination, Inspiration . . . and Verse
Windows on windows Evoke above, below. Sky flows to water. Trees: mirrored columns That draw me deep. And there. There. One bright poking tip Stands out from reflection Bursting towards...
A versal Vernal verse
Versal Vernal Equinox 2018 Sinking downward deep Deep into fecund Earth To heal and be healed To immerse in the vital force Still so buried So slow. Still. (more…)
Of Women and Ecofeminism
Quick, which women paved the way for your sacred path? Marija Gimbutas. Rachel Carson. Hmmm. Who would be my third? Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas gave us evidence of the Great Mother-influenced,...
Ocean Recharge
After a whirlwind few days, strolling the water’s edge at Sandy Hook is just what I need to recharge. Here, a yummy 50 degrees under bright sun, an offshore breeze...
Water dissolves, roots tear apart, foundations crack
Be the Green That Grows Through the Cracks, the Water That Dissolves Rock Water is the strongest solvent. Given time, it dissolves rock. It’s Spring in the North. Water quickens...
Writing to Change the World
#WriteYourResistance Earlier this week — the start of March — it was above 70 degrees in New York City. After dark, still too hot to wear a coat, I walked from Union Square downtown...
Flora over fauna?
Today we finished fencing much of the land my partner and I tend in order for the forest and the meadow to regenerate. Though rural, this area has a huge...