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Winter

The Comforts of the Cold Full Moon

A tender new offering

Imagining flowers

Waking in our own house, in a country we no longer recognize

Author Interview: Iris Jamahl Dunkle

Gathering

Feeling hopeful

The Consolations

Some lovely news--and my letter from Copenhagen

The Sound of a Woman's Voice

Butterflies

Opening our eyes, our ears--and our hearts

Raise your hand if you're not just a little bit crazy

An apology--and a poem

Please remember: "Boardinghouse Reach" is a novel (not a memoir!)

Fireworks & Fireflies

Will the real Prince Charming please stand up?

Finding courage

A bonus (brand-new) poem

In every rose... The Lone Cypress Tree... Brazil?

On the notion of living happily ever after

Just a poem this week...

Learning To Be a Better Navigator

We Are What We Were

Just a poem today...

Trying to make sense of it all...

Two Shipwrecks and a Slip of a Girl

The Last-Chance Prom

When we were young and heartless

Musical echoes... and a poem from the edge of the Roskilde Fjord

Fairy godmothers, another installment of Boardinghouse Reach... and a new poem

A Thousand Paper Airplanes

On the life-long challenge of seeing ourselves (and others!) clearly

Life teaches us

A poem.... a meditation on the possible origins of bitchiness.... a new installment of the novel.... and a recipe

What the Trees Are Saying

Starting with a poem ... plus "A Garota ‘Não Sei’" (the 12th installment of Boardinghouse Reach)... and a recipe for a well-dressed salad

Being Purple

A meditation on... male orgasm. The tenth installment of "Boardinghouse Reach." And the only recipe you'll ever need for chocolate chip cookies.

Starting this week with a meditation on housework...

A poem, a recipe--and the eighth installment of "Boardinghouse Reach"

A poem, a recipe--and another installment of Boardinghouse Reach

A bonus poem: "Eighty-five"