by heather | Apr 10, 2011 | Reflections
Realized I have so many ideas and interests and desires – have been feeling the need to prioritize and get clarity – but an image of mosaic tiles around today. I can polish and place each tile with care and precision without concern for the pattern –...
by heather | Mar 5, 2011 | Poems
This asymmetrical life reflects the mountain range in view – crags and hollows, rough cohesion bespeaking form, a slow tenderizing where chunks erode or crash unexpectedly. No perfect cones, unmanicured, a profile wrought by nature’s hand without imposed...
by heather | Feb 4, 2011 | Sources of Inspiration
This magazine has been a regular source of inspiration for me over the past few years and I want to thank Kristina Craig for her gift… with her usual sensitivity, she stepped outside her own worldview to offer me something I didn’t know I needed! Check it...
by heather | Feb 4, 2011 | Poems
In this kind of strength there is such wobbling, such surrender to the shaking fire, wet wood damp around small sparks. These shambala warriors in soft robes, no clanking armour… deep familiarity with fear, a humbled kinship with those who feel its nauseous bite....
by heather | Feb 4, 2011 | Sources of Inspiration
In January I re-read a book that I savoured more than 20 years ago and have read small snatches of since then. It was fascinating to see how much I had changed in two decades, to experience some regret that I had glossed over huge chunks the first time – chunks...
