Theodore Roethke’s “The Waking” has permeated my being since I first came across the poem in 1967. It expresses much of what lies at the heart of my educational journeys, as a student and asContinue reading
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creative and technical writing and editing
When I Dance
When I cannot find the words I dance barefoot: sensing the briefest touch of earth; feeling the place, the space where information flows; feeling the air of sky through deepened breaths as I reachContinue reading
April Thoughts
Don’t get married on April fool’s day. Other’s inability to see your worth does not decrease your value. Like a cigarette, anger is not your friend; any attachment is a bad habit. Anger isContinue reading
Prairie Coneflower
Common Name: Prairie Coneflower Scientific name: Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. Family: Asteraceae (Compositae) Aster/Sunflower Family Other names: columnar prairie coneflower long headed coneflower Mexican hat red-spike Mexican-hat upright prairie coneflower Description General Perennial,Continue reading
Embers from the Fury
When their lives were taken leaving countless hearts all shaken, our grateful breaths became the embers of the furies the world remembers. We will not forget their sacrifice that stain and strain our hearts.Continue reading