“Vast Emptiness, Vastly Full”
There are a few refrains that I turn to again and again when I want to get a clearer sense …
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My Arms Are Empty, But My Heart Is Full
My granddaughter who had been living with me this past year is visiting with her Aunt and Uncle this summer, …
Brushes with Blackness – Feminist or Womanist?
Third in series in how Black lives and Black culture colored my Whiteness. I came of age during the Second …
Brushes with Blackness: Best Friends and Bullies
As a child I was completely color blind. I know today people would say that was unlikely. Or even problematic. …
Joy and Grief and Everything in Between
I don’t know if it has anything to do with Covid-19, all these mixed emotions that swell and rage and …
Home Schooling Again, & Who’s the Boss?
I home-schooled my two children for six years when we were sailing around the world on La Gitana. And now, …
My Wild Child, My Son, “Rider on the Storm”
I wrote this tribute to my son seven years ago, shortly after the birth of my granddaughter. Recently I posted …
Tapping into the Unconscious – The Art of Sohan Qadri
When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples of …
“I’m Praying for You, To Die”
I get this message about once a week from my granddaughter’s mother. It goes into great detail about the pain …
To Crave & To Have: A Thing & Its Shadow
To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break …
