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Beth is a longtime creative force in online communications, and she has so much to share about surviving and thriving as an entrepreneur! Now she's demystifying bipolar disorder—writing about her experiences and shattering the stigma of mental health conditions. Tight, focused reflections with humor and heart.
Suzanne offers the BEST prompts—not just an idea to spark your writing but also a thoughtful story to set it up, then a series of timed exercises to carry it through step by step. Those timer suggestions really do it for me—they help me keep nurturing the original spark into an actual piece of writing.
Sally writes with great gentleness about how to make our way in this time of ecological crisis. I think of her as a climate change doula, helping people understand what is happening—in the world and in themselves—and find those ways of living that are appropriate for them in response.
I keep Mariame Kaba's words on my desktop: "Changing everything might sound daunting, but it also means there are many places to start. . . . Let's begin our abolitionist journey not with the question 'What do we have now, and how can we make it better?' Instead, let's ask, 'What can we imagine for ourselves and the world?' If we do that, then boundless possibilities of a more just world await us."
Kris has a deep history of both working for social justice and cultivating her connection to nature. Her spiritual practice brings—and keeps—these two together, and her writing grows from this foundation of wholeness and integrity.
Erika writes poems that always intrigue me—often composed of a few short lines, but they can hold so much. So much attention to tiny moments. So much heart.
The crazy side of animal-vegetable-mineral life, written up with zest. I learn something and laugh with each one.
Katharine is a climate scientist who is also a phenomenal interpreter of climate science. I read her to keep up on what is happening in research but—even more—what we can do about it. While being aware of the seriousness of our current moment, she always focuses on what is within our reach. She never loses sight of how individual actions make a difference, and she always communicates hope and encouragement.
If The Last Leg were a singer, he would have this rasp in his voice from too much whiskey, and he would play honky-tonk joints in the middle of nowhere on his beat-up guitar, and three bars into his first song the room would go dead still because you can hear right away in that rasp that he has such a way with the music, and it takes you Right There.
Devin's Sunday morning meditations walk with me the rest of the week, often longer. I love his searching mind, how a poem works on him, and then he works on us, pulling two or three other poems along for the ride, and he brings something so human and loving out of each one.
Always human, always heartfelt—Robin pulls me in every time. Whether it's about family vacations or moments of panic or any other piece of ordinary life, her empathy shines as well as her attention to each precious or challenging moment of living. Plus she's a real word crafter. I enjoy every post.
