According to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary, the etymological root of ‘responsible’ is the Latin respondere, to respond. As a verb, ‘to...

“Be yourself; everyone else is taken.” — Oscar Wilde I often write about stories in this blog, how stories of the past can seep into the...

“A paradox is not a conflict within reality. It is a conflict between reality and your feelings of what reality should be like.” —...

“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a...

“Only one thing is necessary to write poetry: everything.” — spoken by the character Atillio in the film The Tiger and the Snow (Roberto...

“We humans have a clear preference to create and tell stories, and narrative integration is the weaving of facts and felt experiences of...

They want a wilderness with a map but how about errors that give a new start? Or leaves that are edging into the light? Or the many...

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring...

I facilitated a Writing Toward Wellness workshop in northern California in May. The day was spent exploring writing and poetry as an...

I’ve been living out of a suitcase this month, visiting family and friends and shivering my way through Nevada, California and Idaho....