A mélange joy, grief, spirituality, politics, feminism, trauma, healing, poetry.
Amber: a talisman of courage and self-confidence, once believed to bring good luck to warriors.
basically a Live Journal. first drafts of poems, essays, and other meanderings
Quora Top Writer 2018; Florida Barefooter; 5 siblings, 3 daughters, 11 grandkids; curious inner child; almost a kid expert; soulful writing; life essays; how-to's; fiction, flash fiction; kids & adult poetry; Author of 5 books; Vietnam War widow.
Once upon a time, I discovered I had many voices in my head and I needed a place to put them—then Substack came along. "To suggest is to create, to name is to destroy." —Stéphane Mallarmé