Category Archives: Circle Home
The Final Round
This week is the final round for launching my poetry collection Circle. . .Home, a publication brought to Greater Lansing through local events, with the publication and events made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council of … Continue reading
A Week with Roots
The week’s an interesting one, by its end having visited my hometown of DeWitt twice. This frequency is rare, without immediate family residing there since the mid-1990s. My second trip comes this Thursday, November 17, for a reading of Circle. … Continue reading
It’s a New Dey
Dey of the Phoenix is my individual website, where I publish my words as well as pass on events. Yet within its domain name (deyofthephoenix.com), I also maintain web spaces for the grassroots endeavor The HerStories Project and The Writing … Continue reading
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Invocation of Light
…I greet the black morning and its bright stars, frost pinching my nose, quiet filling my ears. Chiron, a stray dog into a fourth week of fostering, stretches his legs in the yard. We return to the warmth of the … Continue reading
Crossing the Threshold
…Yesterday I smelled winter on its away. I waited for a bus in the late-afternoon sun filtered by partially leafed, tree limbs. A fat brown squirrel cracked a nut nearby as the after-work traffic passed by. My silver tennis shoes … Continue reading
Posted in Circle Home, Event, Writing in the Dark
Tagged ancestors, bones, community, Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, nature, Samhain
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Playing with Shadows
My recent workshop “Writing as Healing” gave rise to a new piece, also inspired by recent events that reminded me about laying down the power of past pains. It’s a poem-in-progress called “Give Away,” and I look forward to sharing … Continue reading
Fall Fun!
Fall has arrived! And in the North it brings a festive, crisp air with daily changes in the color scheme. In this season of candied apples and pumpkin hunting, I am excited to highlight my upcoming events and hope to … Continue reading
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Tipping the Balance
This week holds Autumn Equinox, when day and night are nearly equal in length, a threshold from summer to fall in the North, where leaves begin to burn with color and layer the ground. Night now will outpace day for … Continue reading
Posted in Circle Home, Event, Spirituality
Tagged Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Equinox, Triple Goddess Bookstore
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Capital Gains Media Profile
Thanks, Lansing Capital Gains, for profiling me in your series “Choosing Lansing!” The article was published September 14. I greatly appreciate the skill of photographer David Trumpie and witty word of author Patrick Diehl demonstrated by the piece. And a … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Gains Media, David Trumpie, Lansing City Market, Patrick Diehl
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Fall 2011 Readings & Workshops
After yesterday’s release of “Circle. . .Home,” I look forward to bringing the book to Greater Lansing through readings, workshops, and feature performances. My next event is this Saturday, September 17, at noon at the Lansing City Market. Below is … Continue reading
