gypsy in training

What’s all this gypsy business, anyway? “I’m channeling my inner gypsy today,” I wrote in Sunday’s post. And I thought I might provide an explanation to that phrase (which thereby provides an explanation for the name of my blog, too). At times, I feel a lack of space,...

the sun’s birthday

I believe some of you know what it’s like to feel as though you have died, and you so desperately want to come back to life. Or, you are just now getting glimpses of true living and you realize you have been sleep-walking. Here is how cummings puts it: i thank You God...

may in pictures

celebrating the month of may . . . some images from bahrain to you! and don’t miss my question to you at the end. i’d love to hear your answer! life in bahrain is interesting in that always-borderline-dangerous sort of way. exhibit A. was driving behind...

28 prompts

Ecclesiastes 3 has always meant something to me—its poetry, its permission to live all of life. In fact, I used the 28 “times” mentioned in Ecclesiastes 3 as the 28 chapter titles for Found Art. Using those same “times,” I created 28 writing prompts for you. These can...