A Sultry Simone Sunday
I first become aware of jazz singer Nina Simone when I watched the film Before Sunrise, with a young Ethan …
Category Archives: Love
The Art of Mothering on Mothers Day
Margarita Sikorskaia 1968, St. Petersburg, Russia My understanding of what “mothering” is, or could be, was hugely influenced by this …
A New Tenderness Toward This Body
Crossroads by Louise Glück My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longerI begin to feel a …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part V – Lasting Love
They say opposites attract. That was true when my husband and I first met. I found in him everything I …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part IV – Love Lost & Love Renewed
Not long after I decided to leave my husband I met someone new. I was working part-time at a book …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part III – Disappointed Love
When I first fell in love, it was a hot thing—urgent, possessive, almost feverish at times. I truly saw love …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part II – Erotic Love
photo here In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child …
Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, Part I – Innocent Love
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child bride), I’ll …
Franz Wright: Like Touching a Bird’s Exposed Heart
Reading this poem on Vale of Soul-Making struck me to the core, it is so exquisite. That mingling of the …
Truth and Love Wins, and I Can Breathe Again!
I feel like I’ve been ship-wrecked at sea for the past four years and finally have reached the shore. I …
