Summer Solstice at 72

Summer Solstice at 72

The wheel of the year’s turning dizzies me this time. How can I dance? Instead, I honor the sun with...

Dikteon Cave

Above the Lassithi Plain, I climb and climb, until a caress from the wind and a welcome bench allow me...

photography by Susa Silvermarie

Immersed in Wholeness

  My experience in Crete has had a huge impact on me. Back in 1976, in her book Of Woman...

My Exemplary Mother

  Honey-tongued, she could wow us with Shakespeare, or make us howl at I-love-Lucy impersonations. Sharp-tongued, she could slice a...