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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine. After two and a half years in a low-residency degree program I can certainly attest to the benefits of learning outside of the Continue reading Master of Arts in Teaching
You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of Continue reading Honored To Have So Venerable A Neighbor
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dove Ice Cream. All opinions are 100% mine. How do you unwind? Do you take a mini-moment during the day to recharge? DOVE® did a survey of 400 mothers Continue reading Short Essay Contest-Share Your Mini Moment
As for my next book, I am going to hold myself from writing it till I have it impending in me: grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall. Continue reading As For My Next Book
“The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” Hanna Rion This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Deer Off. All opinions are 100% mine. When I first came back from my Continue reading Not in my garden you don’t!
I read my poem for National Poetry Month but it appears krcc’s site has been hacked into, so I removed the direct link. If you’re interested you can do a google search for “pat kennelly krcc” to find the mpg Continue reading 30 seconds of fame
It is not enough to just “love nature” or want to “be in harmony with Gaia.” Our relation to the natural world takes place in a place, and it must be grounded in information and experience. Gary Snyder My final semester seems Continue reading Poetry About Place
I’ve been gone a very long time from blogging. I left my last residency due to a sudden death in the family and I just got back into town last night. I hope to resume my blogging this week as Continue reading Writing is healing
“Smell brings to mind… a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.” Diane Ackerman Continue reading Like Poignant Land Mines
