Poetry | In Search of the Very

Wordless Wednesday

November 6, 2019

“I imagine what it must be like to stay hidden, disappear in the dusky nothing and stay still in the night. It’s not sadness, though it may sound like it. I’m thinking about people and trees and how I wish I could be silent more,…

More Cool White Pine

September 23, 2019

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I am back at Mineral School for a reunion of sorts. Resting on my bed in the “blue room” I can’t help but wonder what this place was like as a real school. Tiny little desks, with anxious little legs trying to be still as…

Mineral 2.0

August 11, 2019

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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. ⁠— Toni Morrison Sunbeams, July 2019

Some Point

July 30, 2019

Hypnagogia Who knew there was a name ? Movement within movement A startling pitch forward to Wakefulness from dream Me With gossamer wings Delicate star-tips A sturdy araneae weave .. Minced into f r a g m e n t s It is hard to remember That they ever… Continue reading Hypnagogia

Hypnagogia

April 19, 2019

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A friend recently shared her poem written in a writing circle she facilitates. You can read her post here. I was intrigued and decided to write my own. I love this as a vehicle for memory. I encourage you to write one of your own…

Where I’m From

March 17, 2019

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” I am grateful for the echoes ” –Gretchen Staebler As a cardmaker I have spent the year reading the words of others in search of quotable passages I could use as inspiration for my cards. I have a notebook of treasures plucked from books…

Less is More

January 20, 2019

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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as…

D I S C I P L I N E

January 1, 2019

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August 17, 2018 Hardest physical day in a couple years. I felt like I did before that bad RA flare a couple years ago. Tonight, it’s a hot soak. TODAY was a “love list”. Sometimes thinking about stuff you love can turn a day around…

Love List

August 18, 2018

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Mineral School Class of 2018 I am home now after 14 days living, breathing and working in the smallest town I’ve ever spent time in. Mineral Washington is an unassuming (and unincorporated) community just off of State Route 7 in Lewis County. The population…

Beautiful Bones

July 30, 2018

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What we talk about when we talk about love. I get a picture in my mind every time I see this sentence. Two couples talking about life and love as ” light was draining out of the room”. Raymond Carver always wrote about what he…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

April 11, 2018

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My year in pictures. I fell in love this year so many times, but mostly with the mountains. This year I knew how it felt to spring out of bed at 3:15 AM, giddy about the hours ahead. I knew the rush of emotions…