Ah Mother’s Day. When we’re encouraged to laud the women who taught us how to tie our shoes, eat soup without clinking the spoon against our teeth, and to make beds with the corners tucked in. The woman who examined our research paper possibilities to make sure there was a woman for every man listed….
Not Today, Night King. Not Today.
SPOILERS BELOW: Women’s roles, in literature and cinema, as well as in life, are more often about mending wounds than inflicting them. But sometimes, just sometimes, popular culture gets it just right. **** Take what I have to say with a grain of salt. I’m not a GoT super fan. I haven’t read the books….
Once I Had Wings
What do you get when you combine poetry, performance, and a plethora of available imagery? A mixed-mixed media approach to sharing some of my “outside the blog” work! The piece below was inspired by my young writing workshop students, written as an example for my teen workshop students, and compiled and recorded by me. Enjoy!…
These Are a Few of My (Least) Favorite Things…
I love to write. Scratch that, I love when I have written. But all this promotion boloney that comes with it? Ugh.