I Believe in The Sun...

I look up; the winter sunset is long gone. We watch and wait for the light to return knowing each day a thousand suns are choked out while the breath of humanity thins and rasps along the delicate bones behind our temples. I sit in the dark making candles the size of my fingers twisting wicks out of hair. I try to stay awake for the sunrise and wake to a flat, gray sky.

Fun times, huh? What can I say - there is a LOT of bleakness. I’m a naturally upbeat, optimistic person with plenty to be grateful for, so I grab at joyful moments where I can: listening to Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite (I was also recently introduced to a fun Klezmer Nutcracker), and the standard Charlie Brown (Vince Guaraldi) Christmas jams. In addition to those classics, I have recently started listening to romance novel audiobooks to boost my general sense of enjoyment. Jasmine Guillory’s ‘The Wedding Date’ made me smile a lot and I’m on to the next book in the series: The Proposal.’

What’s making you smile these days?

Fundraising Success!

As many of you have already heard, funds for my Roots. Wounds. Words. (RWW) Writing Retreat have been secured and paid in full! Oh, the relief! Ohhhh, the gratitude! It’s been a hard month+ and having my tuition funded has been such a hopeful boost. It feels amazing to continue to receive support for my creative work!

I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to work with some incredible artists during RWW, including the poet Paul Tran, author of ‘All the Flowers Kneeling.’ I watched their short video explaining how poetry works and Y’ALL! I nearly did a praise dance - the connections and revelations of architecture of language…! Loved it! If you are a fan of reading or writing poetry, it is 13 minutes very well spent!