Here’s what happens when a new chanting and singing practice converges with a nightmare about an oncoming tsunami and a call for poems based on how Covid19 has affected our dreams. I am grateful to my longtime poet friend Elizabeth […]
Love poetry? Love tarot? Or maybe you are curious about both. Tarot and poetry rely on images to create a connection, ask questions, inspire conversation, and bring us closer to our hearts. In my Using …
Living in this pandemic-induced dual awareness of the cozy home orbit and the grave, grey anxiety of the collective mortality we face globally has brought me back to my desk where I’ve been coloring into the …
Waving from my kitchen table to yours under “shelter in place” orders in California as of last night due to the coronavirus, with time to take stock of yesterday’s joys. Here’s a simple tarot reading …
I am so pleased to announce a new tarot writing course I'll be teaching through Antioch University's online Inspiration to Publication program this spring; you can sign up here. I am delighted to share my …
In early October I headed to College Grove, Tennessee (about 45 minutes from Nashville) for a beautiful week-long residency at The Rockvale Writers’ Colony, won with a poem (based on a time-themed contest back in …
Everywhere in nature I see invitations to go the distance as a writer and artist. Take this rose, bid by the sun to unfurl from center out, leaving in its spiral form and spectrum of …
I am so pleased to announce that “Two Gardens” (from Berkeley Postcard, a collection of poems about my mother) has won the first Rockvale Writers’ Colony poetry contest on the theme of Time. "Two Gardens" …
Here's a recent sketch, using one of my favorite exercises from the Heart’s Compass Tarot and Writing Workbook I’m working hard to finish this month. For this exercise, you draw three tarot cards in order …
In celebration of the San Diego Writer's Festival, Susan J. Farese of SJF Communications conducted interviews with participating authors. Here's a link to the San Diego Writer's Festival website where you can find the full schedule of …