Sep 14, 2026 | Judaism, Nature, Poems, Uncategorized, Workshops
Dear Friends ~I hope this message finds you well, breathing deeply, at ease in heart, mind, and belly, doing whatever it is that helps you find your wellness. God knows, we need our best faculties to negotiate these chaotic times. For my part, these summer weeks have...
Nov 8, 2024 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Poems, Social Justice
Dear Friends ~I hope this message finds you caring well for yourself and others as we head toward the second Trump presidency. Those of you who followed along with me during the seven weeks of the Omer counting in April and May may remember that I plunged into a...
Nov 10, 2023 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Beloveds ~A poem to help us meet this moment. Tzohar A skylight you are to make for the Ark (Genesis 6:16) Again, again, the fires of men rain hard, while dealers fatten their profitsand the ministers of violence,their guns and their lies,lording over all the nations,...
Apr 5, 2023 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Poems, Publications, Uncategorized
Dear Friends ~I hope this message finds you well in these first weeks of spring. Life is full for us here in the City of Love, so much so that I haven’t posted, it seems, since last spring. But here it is, nearly time for Pesach/Passover and the Omer count– I cannot...
Jun 17, 2021 | Nature, Performances, Poems, Poetry and Music, Uncategorized, Voices of a Different Dream (Ensemble)
Dear Friends ~The first day lily opened last week in our front yard garden. Summer is truly in full bloom now, and I celebrate with the lilies. We had a perfectly lovely savoring of the season in my Zoom room on Saturday, June 5. As I spoke the poems to the faces...
May 12, 2021 | Counting the Omer, Nature, Performances, Poems, Poetry and Music, Publications, Voices of a Different Dream (Ensemble)
Dear Friends ~Greetings from the final days of the Omer count. Through the Gates: The Second Omer Journey has been well-launched, thanks to many who helped me send this new work out out to do its love-work, along with the first Through the Gates, in the hearts and...