by Mary Rives Imagine the triumph of a 15-year-old girl in the mid-1970’s fending off three attempted rapists. That girl was me. My military family lived in La Mesa Village of Monterey, California, where my dad was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey. The...
by Rebecca Jo Dakota Listen to my heart. It’s wiser than my thinking mind. When in doubt, go to the garden. I am not naïve. I see what’s going on. It is painful to see this disruption and destruction of old paradigms and norms, even though I know it’s time for...
by Andi Penner cleaved in two each tiny green dot boiled with onion, bay leaf no pattern or rhyme chaos roiling in a copper pot with basil, pepper thyme, and parsley chopped carrots, celery, leftover ham watching, stirring maintaining the flame comfort simmers...
by Susan Haifleigh When is light more precious, rising from darkness, hearts in resistance test faith persisting in the face of unease, the gift, triumph of faith over fear the heart that breaks, breaks in shadow, gracefully resisting the call for truth speak,...
by Loretta Huerta Sixty four years between us. You, an Earth Day baby, and a rare water tiger at that. I leave you my inheritance. Open llanos that I once roamed until the NM sunset painted the sky in reverse, ending with a fiery red. Sandia Mountains, they...
