This is the view from the porch swing I’m swinging on, on the porch of a friend in D.C., after participating in a daylong intensive workshop on the Initiated Soul by Micheal Meade. I am in the shade but am being invited into the sun. I’m not quite ready, though, because I’m using the chair, not to sit on, but [...]
I want to write a poem that doesn’t feel like homework or look like a grocery list/one I can float down the river for my friend Mara’s birthday and trust it knows its way to the ocean ~ From The Cheap Therapy Poem You’ve heard of patty cakes? My poet friend Mara had poet cakes [...]
1. I know I’m co-dependent with the birds when I go out the cellar door rather than the front door so I won’t disturb them nesting and eating at the feeder. 2. I left Roanoke after babysitting baby Liam and Bryce on Wednesday with dried baby biscuit goop up and down my pants and purple [...]
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The Sixteen Hands Studio Tour, whether taking it or hosting it, is a great way to meet interesting people. As one of the stops on the tour, having our house open all weekend is kind of like having an all weekend party. For tour-goers, it’s fun to see the potter’s studios in their country home [...]
Our first tour-goers for the Sixteen Hands Artisan Tour came on Friday, the day before the start of the tour. It was a small group from a ceramics class being taught at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts. Local potter Sarah McCarthy came up on the front porch and called out my name. She was [...]
