by mkellent | Sep 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
I”ve spent years encouraging people to write their stories (A current funded residency is called Our Stories are Yours) Now the tables are being turned on me and I have been challenged to do new things and push out of my comfort zone. Consequently I will soon be...
by mkellent | Jan 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the spirit of Janus, the two-headed Roman god after whom January was named, this post looks back, reflects, and looks forward with some inspiration to share…. 2017 How dismantling social institutions can actually benefit us. Last year, when I...
by mkellent | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
A gift of hope and encouragement from Future Crunch – https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-reasons-2017-was-a-good-year-d119d0c32d19 Take a breath between them. Re-read. Celebrate and savor each one!(my bolding) Happy New Year and be Brave in 2018. “Here are 99...
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...
