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  Art    Folklore   Writing  It's true: life is art. A continual coming together of elements; many unseen until ready. Until we are ready. Whether visual, kinetic, acoustic, verbal, we are always artist and audience. This blessed weave always moves us into the moment of seeing and being seen. My  fiction, poetry, journalism, non-fiction , and  short plays   have received several awards and has appeared in numerous platforms, including  Big Blend Magazine, BluePepper, Eat the Storms Podcast, Fringe of Marin Festival ,  GAS: Poetry, Art, Music,    Marin Independent Journal, Nightingale and Sparrow,  Riverbed Review,   The San Francisco Chronicle, The Storms Journal, Visual Verse. Chapbooks: True North (Origami Poems Project), Coyote In the Basket of My Ribs  (Alabaster Leaves),    Sightings from a Star Wheel  (Origami Poems),   Forthcoming:  Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press) .  More  THE LATEST:   Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs Black Bough Poetry's Book of the Mont

Partial List of Publications A Live Recording:  Sacred Grounds: Selected Poems  Chapbooks Coyote  in the Basket of My Ribs (Alabaster Leaves/Kelsay Books 2023)    Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mV6Lrg Reviews and articles: Black Bough Poetry Book of the Month    Amazon         GoodReads        Patricia's Pen      Yesterday and Today True North    (Origami Poems Project 2022) Sightings from a Star Wheel  (Origami Poems Project 2023) Down River with Li Po (Forthcoming: Black Cat Poetry Press 2024) February 2023 Featured Poet GAS Poetry, Art and Music Plays Death Fog   Fringe of Marin Virtual Short Plays Festival 2021 Space on Mission Lake   Fringe of Marin Short Plays Festival 2022   Fiction, Non-Fiction  Partial List Above Her Feet     Timeworn Literary Journal Glowing in the Dark      Potato Soup Journal Harvesting Yarrow    Thimble Literary Magazine   Listen Jake's Place      Twist in Time Literary Magazine It's Just Wind  Golden Walkman Magazine     Listen Latin Eyes        Sa

 Folklore Overview The Poetry of Folktales A Conversation with Paul Brookes Details Get Ekphrastic with Folk Art 4 Writers, 1 Hat  (November)   Details 4 Writers, 1 Chair (July)    Details FolkHeart Press Blogs samples Film & Foodlore     Proverbs    The Divine Mother   Changing Roles in Fairytales     Folk Magic of Hand-Sewing Select Blogs & Reports:    Folk Art Meets Forensics         Sonoma County Scarecrows About Writing Your Own Folktales

Cover FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art 'Mini Pine Cone Forest' and two inside images The Storms Literary Journal #3 'Six Black Capped Chickadee Eggs' photograph 2022 July Spotlight Artist National Arts Program unraveling   Black Swan Cover and 4 inside art images: Nightingale and Sparrow Literary Magazine A Sampling MORE  ART