One of the best things about blogging to a prompt site is that you begin to know the other people who also post to the site and a relationship is formed. So it is with Geraldine. She is an avid writer, vegetarian cook and photographer. I'm delighted that...(read more) Read Full Story
Second in this series --I am beginning to feel the practice of it. When I'm walking the dog, cooking a meal, washing my hair, I'm wondering 'what in this experience may be one of those precious ten things I'm learning this week'? Not that of course I...(read more) Read Full Story
Struggling to become incarnated embodied really live in this body and not my always-editing mind, on what grounds do I engage what re-incarnation might entail? The closest I can get to understanding reincarnation is making art of of found pieces of what...(read more) Read Full Story
Here are some responses to a silly email game. You send this question out to your so-called friends and see what they come up with. I sent it out this week and got the following responses. Some of them only close friends would recognize as...satire? If...(read more) Read Full Story
One of the best parts of the Virtual Tea House is that it is becoming an incubator for new voices. Out of the recent Nature of Words workshops here in Bend, I met a new-to-be friend, Kathy Powell who lives here in Central Oregon. This is her first post...(read more) Read Full Story
Bend, OR: This past weekend I had the privilege to sit in writing workshops ( The Nature of Words ) with several wonderful writers--and I suspect, amazing human beings. Among them was Seth Kantner , Charles Goodrich and Kim Stafford. There were many great...(read more) Read Full Story
I've had the primal need to hide my neck from you. As a child I had nightmares of you flying into my tangled long red hair and not being able to get out. The picture of your face in the Encyclopedia Britannica chilled me what with your fangs and upturned...(read more) Read Full Story
Samhain Day of the Dead All Soul’s Day Our prayer: Bring us to the edge of the known Allow us access to what we swim in but don’t usually breathe. These thin days shift us like turned pages like the enter key like sleep. We enter the darkness of the year...(read more) Read Full Story
A friend, Willow Durant, is seeking stories of healing for a documentary project. I am honored to support Willow in the project. She is a loving, deep soul with a healing heart. --Beth Seeking Individuals interested in sharing their healing stories I...(read more) Read Full Story
The annual event in Bend for bookies and writers is happening this coming week, and some of us are pretty excited! The Nature of Words , November 4-8: a weekend that brings Literature to Life Click here for a complete print-ready schedule of this literary...(read more) Read Full Story
