Inviting the Mysterious & Embracing the Fantastic
The Second of Two Letters on Growing a Dream Have you ever experienced a series of “meaningful coincidences”? In this […]
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Your Journal as a Catalyst for Wonder
The First of Two Letters on Growing a Dream Do you keep a journal? If not, I encourage you to […]
Woman and Wolf
A Poem Now and then, I’ll share one of my poems, as I’ve done here. On the wonder of ancestral […]
Encounter
How to Welcome Inspiration Are you a passionate creator? Often when a project succeeds it begins with a creator’s burning […]
Marry Your Field
What does it take to stay true to your creative path? Poet W. H. Auden once said, “The poet marries […]
A Dedicated Space
For Awakening Wonder Dear Fellow Dreamer, When was the last time you felt a sense of awe in an ordinary […]
All We Share
What gives you hope? No doubt, in many ways, these are mad times. And while I remind myself daily that […]
Pause for a Poem: On the Beach with My Daughter
We are collectors on the beach. We walk with our heads bowed to small stones and debris in step our […]
Daphne du Maurier: Magic & the Shaping of a Writer
In the summer of 1976, by childhood’s magic train, I went from reading L.M. Montgomery’s Anne books to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. An old red copy at the cottage called me to pick it up, and when I opened it, the spell took hold…