Shocking things can happen in that Boggy Marsh, where the toxic soup of fear and anger and judgment swirl. It feeds mistrust, suspicion, and paranoia like mother’s milk to any who find themselves stuck there. The morass gives rise to mob mentality, turning friends and neighbors against each other. Rumors run rampant, spreading and […]
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When I wrote Fallen, The Adventures of a Deep Water Leaf, I wasn’t writing about politics. Or even thinking about politics. But lately the story has been popping back into my brain and feeling very relevant to the political landscape we find ourselves in today. And not in a partisan way, but in a human experience
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When I wrote Fallen, The Adventures of a Deep Water Leaf, I wasn’t writing about politics. Or even thinking about politics. But lately the story has been popping back into my brain and feeling very relevant to the political landscape we find ourselves in today. And not in a partisan way, but in a human
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In October of 2003, I embarked upon the most transformative and healing journey of my life when I began my Creative Journal Expressive Arts (CJEA) training year with Lucia Capachhione. She and her work and the beautiful CJEA community she created supported me through the deepest grief of my life when Cameron died the following
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In the aftermath of the violence at our nation’s Capitol Building on January 6th, I find myself feeling anger, grief, despair and a sense of impotence or helplessness. I sense and fully expect more violence to erupt in the days ahead, between now and Inauguration Day, and even beyond. A sleeping monster has been awakened.
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