This photo, and this executive order infuriates me. (I wanted to post it next to a classic painting from 1776 that excluded "ALL men--and women!") This federal ban will affect the health and well being, and survival, of 27 million women in the world, particularly women at risk and without means, and yet no women are represented. John, my boyfriend, observed that if they are genuinely, religiously, not in favor of abortion, then why not do more to prevent the need for having o

To march, to stand with thousands, renewed hope in a time of disbelief. But it's just the beginning of the waking up, of the hard work ahead, of revolution of spirit. My friend Lyn sent me this inspired music by Monica Pasqual and the Handsome Brunettes; have you heard it, and seen it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67j3v13-zjo&feature=youtu.be

In the wintery cusp between the final days of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 I retreated from the hectic, unyielding work-on-the-book pace that had enveloped my mind and life in 2015-2016; I answered a Call and went north to Taos, New Mexico for a few days to dream a new dream in a new place, in a mystical place; to rest—even briefly—in winter when the earth rests. A bright, crackling New Year’s Eve bonfire gathered a small group under the cloud covered night sky. A woman spo