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    Heart-Centered Living News launch

    October 7, 2022 /

    After a long hiatus from digital publishing, I’m thrilled to announce that I’m launching a monthly newsletter, Heart-Centered Living News.

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A dreamy afternoon. "To die with thee again ..." A dreamy afternoon. "To die with thee again ..."
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME even though I'm not i TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME even though I'm not into baseball! That's what happened to me back in 2017 when baseball fan Abel Sanchez approached me about raising funds for a plaque for the now-demolished, historic Miami Stadium. The piece I wrote for @miaminewtimes got him the support he needed and generated much nostalgia-filled conversation among fans. It also proved a point about story -- if you listen deeply to your interview subject and get to the heart of the matter, you'll find what I call the golden kernel, the spark of truth, the "everything that matters" within the container of a story. When I was working on that assignment, I happened to be on my "road trip with no plan" in a small town one hour outside of Philadelphia. My friend took me to her son's little league game. The clay diamond surrounded by cornfields, the blue sky, the tiny white bleachers from which we cheered, the spark in everyone's eyes -- I took it all in. She thought I'd be bored. I was enchanted. So many miles and years away from the Miami Stadium, I understood why Abel wanted to capture its memory. Fast forward to mid-November at the Emerson College and Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull Global Communications Summit in D.C. Imagine me listening to a master sports storyteller panel about the history of baseball stadiums and how "the story" is really about that connecting moment. I couldn't wait to tell Dr. Charles Steinberg, current President of Wooster Red Sox, about my brief, but memorable foray into writing about baseball, which I declare is still not my area of expertise. No shame -- that doesn't matter to #heartcentered writing. What matters is that so many folks are in love with baseball and that I can humbly witness their love. The storyteller must be fully present and engaged, no doubt -- maybe even hit it out of the ballpark.
A POTOMAC STORY Bodies of water have always fascin A POTOMAC STORY Bodies of water have always fascinated me. They're fluid storytellers, witnesses of human and natural history. When I lived in South Florida, I listened to the ocean and the maze of backwaters. The Everglades, the sea of grass, was a blanket of water over an estuary. It hummed a cradle song. The rivers up north, the few I've come to know, have a different sound. At Great Falls, the Potomac rushes out furiously loud. Near the district proper it flows into marshy shores. When I look out at the river, I try to block all that's around me -- a busy city, with all of its noise. I listen for songs beneath the river trapped in the silt. The lost lullabies of the dead. The song of the river herself gurgling through the din of cars dashing over a highway and airplanes flying overhead. My ear struggles to hear its story. A river flows, never linear, never washing over. It has touched everything in its path. It remembers. What happens when people forget? Imagine that your ancestors fished these waters for centuries. Imagine that colonizers had to enact a treaty in the 17th century giving you fishing rights to water that only ever belonged to herself, really -- but water that nourished your tribe. You belonged to each other. Now imagine that in the 21st century, your local government has to pass a new law that ensures fish and wildlife authorities respect that treaty. In short, you ain't gotta pay for a fishing license to fish in the water, some of which is now polluted. You don't have to imagine because that actually happened in D.C. recently. And that's one of many reasons that I can't in good conscience celebrate the historical Thanksgiving. But taken out of that context, it's a great day to do precisely that which should be done daily -- living in gratitude and breaking bread with people we love. And remembering those who once lived and loved on the thousands of shores in this country. Background story links in comments.
Now serving at Persephone's bar.A woman's work is Now serving at Persephone's bar.A woman's work is never done.
Soundscape for fall. I listened and she gave me so Soundscape for fall. I listened and she gave me song.
FEARLESS SYMMETRY Spider, spider clinging to my wa FEARLESS SYMMETRY Spider, spider clinging to my wall like a pencil Bansky on the edge of time -- my loving heart and eye adored your fearless symmetry. [Winks at William Blake]
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