Origin of Mothers Day

Today I honor the beautiful Marie Himley Sartori, my mother, and give a special tribute to Julia Ward Howe, who in...

My Country is the Earth

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE EARTH, and to the flora, fauna and human life that it supports, one planet indivisible,with...

Single New Violet

Near where I lie blooms a single new violet, virgin to human view. Through branches tipped with green beginnings, I...

A Crone’s Coming of Age

Last Sunday at her Memoir in Music and Story, Antiga the beloved Crone of Asheville gave us the gift of...