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19 04, 2021

April Poetry Celebration: Week Three

By |2021-04-19T14:23:00+00:00April 19th, 2021|Artistry, Creativity, Learning, Poetry, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on April Poetry Celebration: Week Three

WELCOME, my friends, to the third week of our April Poetry Celebration! Thank you with all my heart to all of you who have been writing, sending poems, watching, commenting, liking, sharing, and cheering us all on. You are making the celebration SHINE! This week, some THIRTY POETS sent in wonderful poems and I share [...]

29 03, 2021

April Poetry Celebration – an invitation for you!

By |2021-03-29T14:53:12+00:00March 29th, 2021|Artistry, Creativity, Poetry, The Bardic Life|2 Comments

It's nearly April and you know what that means: POETRY. Yes! Here's a video invitation to join in this year's April Poetry Celebration co-hosted, as last year, with the wonderful journal-makers, Jumping Fox Design. Get your pens and journals ready. Fire up your laptop. Put on your poet's clothes. Let's be POETS this April! PS [...]

18 03, 2021

Concert of Songs, Poems, and Stories

By |2021-03-18T18:20:37+00:00March 18th, 2021|Artistry, Creativity, Music, Poetry, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Concert of Songs, Poems, and Stories

This concert was broadcasted on 5 March 2021 by the Menino Arts Center as the first in its spring concert series; it was paired with a set by the amazing Lauren Passarelli. The theme of my set was inspiration, including connecting with the inner artist, following the wending path of creative curiosity, and the beautiful [...]

27 02, 2021

Unlocking the Writer’s Genius

By |2021-02-27T15:32:04+00:00February 27th, 2021|Creativity, Learning, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Unlocking the Writer’s Genius

Over many years, I've become something of an "essay whisperer," helping kids write that all-important and much-dreaded college application essay. Sometimes parents ask me how I got their extremely writing-averse kid to actually write and even to feel excited about it. Here's how: I pay attention to their ideas. I ask lots of questions and [...]

24 02, 2021

Welcome to the Ink Bar

By |2021-02-24T14:47:23+00:00February 24th, 2021|Artistry, Creativity, Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Welcome to the Ink Bar

It's wonderful to be delighted again by the many treasures we have around us. This morning, my eye fell on the Ink Bar - my collection of bottled fountain pen inks - and I felt a thrill of luxury, fun, and gratitude. One of my favorite ways to feel could be summed up in the [...]

22 02, 2021

Irish Proverbs: Wisdom for Living #7

By |2021-02-24T14:20:22+00:00February 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|2 Comments

I love sharing these proverbs with you! Here's today's proverb: D’ordaigh Dia cúnamh. This one is small enough to carry in your pocket and vast enough to affect your whole perspective. These proverbs are a gift from tradition. In a sense, they ARE like well-worn pebbles, carried in a pocket by countless people over decades [...]

31 01, 2021

Brigit Told Me – a poem celebrating Brigit’s Day

By |2021-01-31T15:45:46+00:00January 31st, 2021|Poetry, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Brigit Told Me – a poem celebrating Brigit’s Day

Happy St. Brigit's Day! In the traditional Irish calendar, St. Brigit's Day on the first of February ushers in the Spring season. Here in New England, we are looking at 6-12 inches of snow barreling towards us and sub-zero temps at night. YET - the light IS changing, isn't it? We have moved into that [...]

29 01, 2021

Favorite Books of 2020

By |2021-01-29T17:33:26+00:00January 29th, 2021|Books, The Bardic Life, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Favorite Books of 2020

Last year I read a lot of books I loved and I wanted to share the list with you in case there is one or two you might want to investigate yourself. I keep a reading log (which turns out to be an alternative sort of diary - a diary of interests and whims, side-journeys [...]

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