When did I stop burning? I remember the way my small heart blazed as I meandered down earthen paths arms outstretched I wanted to pull Creation in close and whisper hallowed truths over Her shoulders I was not afraid then I burned Spilling light like so many stars I remember watching my mother light cigarettes […]
I Choose Subversive Joy
Lately, it feels like voices of hate have been amplified. I turn on the news. I log on to Facebook. I listen as fear strangles the heart of conversation around me. Permission has been granted—maybe more than ever before, maybe for the first time in a long time—to hate, vilify and attack our fellow humans. […]
The Girl Who Was Afraid of Matches
Here’s a true story: I was scared of lighting matches until I was twenty years old. Twenty years later, now many books of matches under my belt, I find this both ridiculous and completely understandable. Ridiculous because matches are necessary and not really that difficult. And understandable because in order to light a match you […]