by mkellent | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
December 26th 2017. After the momentousness of 2017, it was a relief to hunker down with my family and once again to ground myself in important Life ingredients: fun, laughter, compassion, generosity of spirit and love in all its funny little forms. As becomes an...
by mkellent | Dec 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Events of the last few months have made it so easy to feel powerless! Seeing news footage of the ocean pouring over the Malecon in Havana, floods in the streets of New Orleans, fires raging through Santa Rosa, I walk through these familiar places in my memory,...
by mkellent | Oct 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Poetry is just the evidence of life – Leonard Cohen “I just don’t read poetry!” the young mother said, as she watched her toddler drawing in the shade of a tree with obvious delight. After a moment’s reflection, she continued, “There was some poetry in a high school...
by mkellent | Sep 16, 2017 | Individual Aging, Inspiration
“…when you come to a waterfall mist blowing against your face and arms do you stop and ask for understanding at those moments? I said not yet but I intend to start today.” (Raymond Carver) I have always especially treasured the perspective of my friends...
by mkellent | Sep 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Published in HowlRound “a knowledge commons by and for the theatre community,” based at Emerson College. A description of the Mentoring program that I used to design and direct during my employment by a non-profit that serves seniors in Southern California. ...
