You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell
Poetry Ptuesday: The Night Migrations by Louise Gluck
This is the moment when you see again the red berries of the mountain ash and in the dark sky the birds’ night migrations. It grieves me to think the dead won’t see them– these things we depend on, they
Motivational Monday — Courtney Act
The finale of Dancing with the Stars: Australia just aired. I haven’t seen the show but I know of one of its contestants this season, a very special Miss Courtney Act aka Shane Gilberto Jenek, by way of another hit
I’m Trying! — to Organize My Arts & Crafts Supplies pt 1
I’m planning a cross-country move for my parents. So why would I be organizing my house right now? Well Tamar, did you watch the show? Procrastinating on a chore with other chores is my very bread and butter. When we
Poetry Ptuesday: The Thing Is by Ellen Bass
to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its