by lori | Jan 25, 2017 | Books, Recommended Reading
Aka, 55 books to read to slow yourself down and reimagine yourself as part of the creative, fun, difficult, and beautiful new/old resistance. The story of creating the list follows the list. I’m refusing to organize or categorize this list. The point is to... by lori | Jan 17, 2017 | Friendship, Poetry
Here in our world, which is cold and dark at the moment, January just became Write a Poem for Friends Month. So all my posts this month will be poems I write for friends. This one is for my friend Danyale Thomas Ross. I considered her a friend for many months before I... by lori | Oct 3, 2016 | Creating, Essays, Writing
Author Anaïs Nin said: “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” and “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” Today I want to say this. This woman... by lori | Apr 12, 2016 | Beauty, Here and now, Magic, Poetry, Women, Work
internet, off now breathing, noticed ears dancing with rain down eve spouts family, hugged, fed, dispersed to their corners paw, across cat’s face wood floor, brightened with daylight through clouds, appreciated aspect, spacious eyes, closed lungs, expanding... by lori | Jun 4, 2014 | Writing
The moment you notice beauty in something commonplace. Just after reading the work of another poet or writer you really love. Any moment you’re feeling playful, sassy, sexy, raunchy, free, wild, or horny. Or, um, just after. When your expectations are disappointed or...