Category: Creative writing

  • Mandala’s can tell your story I know I was once a reader of mandala’s At my retreats I would have women color mandalas To pass the time Calm the body-mind Sit together in quiet conversation I would lay out books filled with mandalas And ask them to choose a design One that called to them…

  • I Exist

    I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. ~Walt Whitman

  • Thoreau Quote

    According to Henry David Thoreau: “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” That is true in art, and it is true in life. ~Sharon Pontier

  • A Love for Daffodils

      My friend Barbara Kulicke loved to paint flowers. Her garden was lush with variety, and she would spend hours sitting on her small chair weeding the beds. She is gone now these past few years, her garden beds full of weeds and only the heartiest of flowers make it up to the sun. The…

  • I’ve been wanting to buy an RV rig to travel around the country teaching workshops and promoting my books. To that end, I’ve looked at all shapes and sizes of vehicle from old, vintage thirty-two foot RV’s to customized travel vans with enough room to sleep, cook and take my dog and cat along for…

  • Quote

    I can give you “How to” tips or I can give you reality. ~Delia

  • The Walls We Build

    Journal Entry. May 13, 2015 There is this long wall that runs along my right side. It’s been there for years, probably most of my life. It looms up tall and rock-hard like concrete – the wall of Gaza, the Berlin Wall, soon the Mexican Wall. I can place my right hand on the cold…