I have journaled since I was a kid, turning to the safe space of a journal to process my strong feelings and record important moments in my life. The first poem I wrote showed up in my journal at the end of 2020, in the middle of very intense inner healing work, the year I got divorced and lost my home, my pets, my business and my community. It was a massive year of upheaval and destruction in my life. I turned to my journal to try to help me find my way through it all. A month before I chose sobriety from alcohol after a 20 year addiction, that first poem arrived on a page in my journal. It felt like a preview of what was to come, a hint that if I could continue to open to the depths of myself and give my feelings care and attention, beautiful gifts would emerge. It’s as if when poetry arrived in my life, the Universe said, “Here, you are going to need this to pour your heart into.” Since then, hundreds of poems and deep reflections have flowed through my heart and my pen.

Writing is a sanctuary for me that I turn to every day. Writing has become interwoven with developing loving relationships with sacred silence, solitude, stillness, tender honesty, vulnerability and “deep time”, as I heard the artist, Laurie Doctor describe that particular kind of time where we can sink down deep inside and allow for exploration and discovery.

I write at a little table in my bedroom. It’s where I make art, where I read, where I sit and feel and think and ponder, where I look out at the woods and watch the deer who wander by my window. It’s my little peaceful sanctuary.

I hope you enjoy reading some of my writing, which you can find below.