Water Horse Writing Studio

Here is a list of books that address breast cancer that I am using for my memoir Armed with Poetry Communion The Female Search for Love by Bell Hooks, discusses role of breast cancer in midlife ( Preface pg 3,4. references Zilah Eizenstien’s Manmade Breast Cancers Tree: Essays and Pieces by Deena Metzger Let the…

Maine Stay The first day of the retreat I noticed her pomegranate red hair from across the room I was eating dinner alone and suddenly felt sad She smiled at me A beautiful stranger I thought Days flowed with stories Of grief and loss And to restore us Maps and Paintings of  Brightly colored birds …

After a bit of a break from memoir writing I am reengaging by touching up a writing exercise I did a while back in Mary Oak’s Writing Council. Check out her upcoming workshops https://mailchi.mp/cbdbac21f5f0/a-nature-writing-workshop-with-mary-oak-16920100?fbclid=IwAR1mjBvVD9iJQgTLwTaBaBbtlQpwethBFjt1PqCUhmt9HNm-Rv8WkJ2f73A I am finding this exercise reminds me that no matter how disparate our thoughts may seem, they all have potential to…

River Horse will be hosting a wool felted soap making class this Saturday, 9/23 1-3pm taught by longtime Waldorf Educator Cordula Hetland. One of the loveliest activities little ones get to experience in Waldorf Education is wet wool felting. Taking beautifully dyed wool and massaging it into shape is a happy sensual experience that with…

I am back at River Horse Studio gearing up for a season I hope will be full of collaboration and productivity. I have cleared away space for others to come with their notebooks and to join with others in writing practice or to get to work on a project that is ready to come to…

Much of my creative energy goes into supporting my new venture River Horse Writing Studio on Whidbey Island. I am still making progress on my memoir Armed With Poetry but River Horse has ignited passion that at times feels like it will burn me up. I lay awake at night wondering what to make of…

I am thinking about Georgia O’Keefe and how she lived her life. How people never really understood her and how in the end it didn’t matter. She seemed tortured by the need to illuminate her inner visions in relationship to existence as it stands. She endured the process and established a new order of art…

I once had a psychologist ask me “What is your deal with poetry?” If I didn’t know that he also had a thing for poetry I might have taken offense. I have thought of this periodically over the years since he asked and feel I could dissect my personal history and come up with a…

I am taking a class to become a meditation facilitator. The approach is a type of effortless becoming, an unfolding if you will of one’s inherent gifts. It seems to rely on the assumption and understanding of one’s own basic goodness and self-worth. The leaders gently and repeatedly invite us to bring this understanding and…