February 23, 2021
Gleanings
Very happy to share another round-up of GLEANINGS this week, including a whole bunch of new voices from writers who’ve taken part in my MAKE THE LEAP course this month. I hope you’ll be as excited about their work as I am.
- As a woman who has been put into surgical menopause, I don’t get a lot of sleep.
- Cappuccinos, Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I love Union Square & Gramercy Park in NYC. The Bowery Poetry Club.
- So I guess you could say that although I lean on Darwin I secretly wish there were fairies and Magic.
- But the stakes are high anyway, because I want so much do this, to be a writer again, to let words go and have some of them land.
- I am fascinated by power.
- Strange times call for fancy shoes.
- But what about the drive to paint? Or to hand-felt wool, and then sew black and gold threads, and glass beads, and pyrite onto it? Survival? Well, maybe not in the traditional sense.
- I love glass because it is fixed, but holds a memory of fluidity.
- It’s true what they say that the smell of lemons de-stresses a person. That goes for limes, oranges, and grapefruit too.
- I am so in love with curbside living.
- She repeated herself, saw that I was still puzzled, then said, but he’s a gravedigger, right?
- There are smiles out there./ They’re under snow. / Made with stones.
- Sometimes a teapot is not just a teapot.
- I’ve read articles and listened to talks on finding the courage to have nuanced conversations in these difficult times and in all honesty I’m so down with that from an academic stance. But in reality, I’m exhausted.
- There’s a lightness to trying. There’s acceptance that trying doesn’t always lead to success. There’s room for surprise. Experiment. Consider. Be blessed. Leap.
- Happy Birthday (Birthday Blues)
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I’ve only read a few (so far) and quite randomly, unlike how I usually read these Gleanings.
I must say how very much I enjoyed that second one which is titled “Life” on her blog — she doesn’t allow for comments on her blog but if she comes here at all — I absolutely LOVED that post.
Thanks for the Gleanings Kerry plus great appreciation for including me today.