Field Notes From Within, Take Two
I’ve revised the poem I posted yesterday. I think this version better captures the heart of it. Let me know …
Tag Archives: personal
Like Flowers Falling Everywhere: A Poem
Everywhere I look I see you, I see us. This fragile hand, this blue pen, this yellow pad. These fingers …
The Personal & Political, Past & Present
Years ago, in what seems like another life time, I wrote a political column called “Taking Care of Labor” in …
Still Waiting to Land . . . .
Last summer brought an abundance of roses, so many I did not have enough vases to hold them all. And …
“Vast Emptiness, Vastly Full”
There are a few refrains that I turn to again and again when I want to get a clearer sense …
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, …
