Dear Dialogue,

Dialogue, I have asked for you, and I have received in a powerful way. I’m so sorry that I doubted you, Dialogue, that I never enjoyed writing you. It’s just that in my writing I’ve never needed you, except maybe once in my short “Mannequin Party” from grade eight, which I must, Dialogue, I must […]

Running towards the Sparks

Here I am, deep into the fires of …. REVISIONS. Although last week I was somewhat confused, agitated, and anxious, I have since started writing and I’m now looking forward to the deeply cathartic, deeply grounding experience that is the rewrite of this beautiful book. The momentum is high. Everything I do, everything I think […]

grief, loss and transformation

i love this life. I do. But there are times, there are things that we must, must face. we must face them head on and we must learn from them. Two years, ago, when Mitch and I lost our babe girl Tya, I would never have thought that something good could come of this. […]

too many mystics, not enough time

Mitch checked the mail yesterday. He ran to the kitchen, exclaiming, “Mo! You’ve got mail from the publisher!” I panicked. I started to sweat, my thoughts raced, and then I ignored it. “I’m not opening it now.” I may never open it. Mitch grabbed it from me and threatened to open it himself. My eyes […]

“Mystic Stillbirth” gets an editor

Yae! My writing project continues, through moons and suns and tides and cosmos, after days and weeks and nights and mornings. And I am finally getting somewhere! Mystic Stillbirth has an editor. As I’ve already gone on a bit about, I went to a writing workshop last month called Seawords that invites writers of all […]

where the words will go

This has been one amazing week for me (and twelve other writers) as we’ve been writing and reading and listening and communing … all with the likes of word lovers like ourselve. What a wonderful chance to spend the week with Erika Ritter, a fabulous and witty writer who likes bikes, animals, and dirty politics. […]

Publish me!

That’s it! I’m blogging. For someone who has been thinking about this moment for a long time, it’s remarkably refreshing. But what now? What do I blog about ??? Parenting? Traveling? Teaching? Relationships? Intuition following, spiritual hazing, education fascination, or my writing career? How Leila hates soccer and won’t stay on the field, crushing my […]

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