Monthly Archives: May 2011

A Measure of Spring

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

These past few weeks, spring has been wringing out its last notes, with summer making big, blowsy strides into the middle of entire afternoons. I look around and see so many grateful, joyful faces. I can see the joy in … Continue reading →

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Storming Heaven’s Gate

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

No, I’m not talking about the cult. This is the title of an anthology of spiritual writings by women, what I’m reading right now before I go to sleep. In my waking and dreaming life, I am circling around this … Continue reading →

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In Times of Uncertainty

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

My jaw dropped when I first found the book at Monograph Bookwerks, an eclectic art + architecture bookstore in Northeast Portland. (Go there soon, some afternoon when it’s still raining out, for a hunker-down-&-read.) I sat down in the corner … Continue reading →

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Guilt for Everyone! The Brothers Karamazov

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

This is the first in a series of posts of the critical papers I’m writing for the low-residency MFA program at Seattle Pacific University.  Since this part of the work– the task of reading and reflection– is so similar to … Continue reading →

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