As we come and go
A few weeks ago I wrote about my beautiful experience at the Gee’s Bend Quilt Retreat. What I didn’t write about was the amazing Anne, dear friend to China...
The Poetics of Squares
Photo by Cody SellsHello it is Monday. I will write to you but I feel quiet today.Yesterday I wrote to you on Tax Day Eve with my most honest numbers of...
Quilts as sites for liberation
Image Description : Classmates holding up my quilt tops while I talk in front of them with a mic while Lukaza kneels and documentsThere are two things I love...
Out of the realm of the ordinary
Grand Rapids 2019, Photo by Bobby ColomboSomething happens to me and I am new again. There are a few of these things. The things that happen to me that make...
The empty days
Flexible Office : Digital Co-Working - Tuesdays and Thursdays April 2 - May 30 Live on zoomMy favorite place to be! A clubhouse for tornado people looking to...
New Rules
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A Common Shapes Hello 👋
Hello Common Shapes listeners. 🔸 I wanted to pop in with a little mini-episode to check in between seasons and share a few updates. Take a few minutes to...
A Flexible Office Hello 👋
Hello Common Shapes listeners. 🔸 I wanted to pop in with a little mini-episode to check in between seasons and share a few updates. Take a few minutes to...
The pleasure of learning
Photo by Kayla Powers, Cedar North, March 2024If I may say something so bold I’d like to tell you, I love to work. I love to work because writing and making...
Free to read : the experiment ends
How I feel when my newsletter is free every MondayFor the last 2+ months I have put most of my Monday newsletters behind the paywall in an experiment that I...
Undoing in hibernation
On Valentine’s Day I woke up early and took the pieces of the quilt I am working on to the beach. I laid them out piece by piece while the rock hunters...
Introducing Cody
Photo by Jade Forrest MarksHello and a blessed Monday to all of you. After years of using it as a nickname I have officially changed my name to Cody and...
In the brambles of action
Monday Monday is a reader supported newsletter that comes out every week for paid subscribers. Today’s installment is free for all subscribers. Enjoy....
SOLSTICE SUPER SALE
Barbara and Michael Leisgen, 1973Dearest readersI come with great news, the greatest news I remember every single year.THE LIGHT RETURNS! WE STOOD AT THE...
No Spectacle
Still from At a Glimpse of a Boundary, short film by Dylan McLaughlin with music by Emily A. SpragueIt’s raining today and I’ve been deep in my copy of...
Into the Mystic
Photo by Cody SellsDearest readers,I wanted to share a shift for my weekly newsletter as you’ve known it for the last seven years, which is that it will no...
Cultivating Creative Seasons with Jacqueline Suskin
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m deep in conversation with poet, teacher, and my dear friend, Jacqueline Suskin.Jacqueline is a poet and educator who...
Editing as dedication to unknowing
Photo by Chloe Sells, Winter 2022 East BayMy house is surrounded by trees and in the summer this provides a sheltered cocoon. While I am pretty close to the...
The Value of Sharing Our Story
Dropping in at the end of the week to invite you to Writing the Personal, my three week class that starts TOMORROW to bring the poetic, personal, and...
How to Tell the Truth with Fariha Róisín
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my dear friend Fariha Róisín for a conversation at the intersections of writing, politics, care, and...