Quote for Today: Laurie Perez
Feel compassion for your own heart that was broken open by grief or confusion. Then tune in to the other level of that experience. Some part of you was heroic …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #9: My Boyfriend Died of Covid-19, Wuhan, China via The Atlantic
Day 9 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series is a heart-rending story from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, which occurred during the weeks surrounding Chinese New Year. A young …
40 days of poetry: Day 40: History Will Remember by Donna Ashworth
The last of our poems for our 40 days of poetry is History Will Remember by Donna Ashworth. Thanks for listening and note that our new Globe-trotting Travel Series begins …
40 days of poetry: Day 38: Sorrowful Garden by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Day 38: Sorrowful Garden by Juan Ramón Jiménez, translated by H. R. Hays. Sometimes it’s just too hard to give voice to what is wrong. I apologize for the delay, …
40 days of poetry: Day 29: Spell Against Sorrow by Kathleen Raine
Melanie is back today to read Spell Against Sorrow by Kathleen Raine. How do we drive away our grief, sorrow and fear? Day 29.
40 days of poetry: Day 19: Ficus Carica Sonnet by Hoa Nguyen
Day 19: Ficus Carica Sonnet by Hoa Nguyen. This poem is about death and how our thoughts and words can choke us. Is it better to speak or be silent?
Quote for Today: Toko-pa Turner
There is really only one way to restore a world that is dying and in disrepair: to make beauty where ugliness has set in. By beauty, I don’t mean a …
Quote for Today: Jenny Downham
“It comes and goes. People think if you’re sick you become fearless and brave, but you don’t. Most of the time it’s like being stalked by a psycho, like I …
Quote for Today: John Darnielle
But resiliency only means that a thing retains its shape. That it doesn’t break, or lose its ability to function. It doesn’t mean a child forgets the time she shared …
Quote for Today: Megan Devine
I wish this for you: to find the people you belong with, the ones who will see your pain, companion you, hold you close, even as the heavy lifting of …