Well-versed

My God, I’ve been poetry-obsessed lately. The poets are speaking to me from all angles. This one was featured in a recent Writer’s Almanac: Where Dreams Come From by Marge Piercy A girl slams the door of her little room under the eaves where marauding...

Poetic license

So enjoying Caroline Kennedy’s new book of poems called She Walks in Beauty. A favorite: The Philosopher by Edna St. Vincent Millay And what are you doing that, wanting you, I should be kept awake As many nights as there are days With weeping for your sake? And...

Sacred dirt

Regular readers of this space know how special my trip to New Mexico, in particular El Santuario de Chimayo, was last year. Since then I received the gift of holy dirt from its sacred grounds and I meditate with it by my side. I just came across this list of...

My big lesson

It is time to surrender. Move on. Get back “in flow.” A decent, loving man who inspired me to write prayers for the first time in my life, who showed me a piece of my soul that I didn’t know existed, whose intellect so beautifully complemented mine...

Quotable

Your heart is like a magical kitchen. Your heart can create any amount of love, not just for yourself, but for the whole world. Open your heart, open your magical kitchen, and refuse to walk around the world begging for love. In your heart is all the love you need....