LC Adventure by Laura Curran
Jan15

LC Adventure by Laura Curran

  “LC Adventure,” by Laura Curran     For artist Laura Curran, life is about intersections: of crafts and fine arts; of tactile work and intellectual curiosity; and of history and memory. “I have a busy mind that has to do a lot of things,” said Curran, who lives in Northampton. “Craft was first for me, before fine art, although I don’t really make a distinction.”

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Goddess on a Shelf by Jennifer Lothrigel
Jan15

Goddess on a Shelf by Jennifer Lothrigel

“Goddess on a Shelf,” by Jennifer Lothrigel, Waves: A Confluence of Women’s Voices Jennifer Lothrigel is a photographer, spiritual healer, and poet residing in the San Francisco Bay area. Her work has been published in Trivia – Voices of Feminism, Narrative Northeast, Poetry Quarterly, Firefly Magazine, Cordella Magazine, We’ Moon and elsewhere. “My camera has been my constant companion … it offers...

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Counting and What’s Counted On by Robyn Hunt
Jan15

Counting and What’s Counted On by Robyn Hunt

“Counting and What’s Counted On,” by Robyn Hunt, Waves Anthology: A Confluence of Women’s Voices   “Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.” (Virginia Woolf, Orlando)    I know for sure: 1 I am married. 2 I own a home. 3 I write poetry – creating metaphor where others claim they cannot. 4 I have a daughter; she lives elsewhere now. 5 My grandmothers, both...

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Face by Marcia Meier
Jan09

Face by Marcia Meier

“My AROHO Story,” by Marcia Meier I met Saddle Road Press Publisher Ruth Thompson at AROHO in 2011 (as well as seven other women who have become very close friends), and Ruth has been on my writing journey of this memoir for all these years, encouraging and offering critical feedback. AROHO changed my life in many ways, not the least by bringing Ruth and these other dear women into my life. Until this covid year, we have...

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to cleave by Barbara Rockman
Jan09

to cleave by Barbara Rockman

to cleave, University of New Mexico Press, 2019, is a collection of poems that searches for and lays bare the mythic moments one finds even in the most ordinary life. Rockman explores themes of aging; relationship to our bodies; marriage: and the surprises, griefs and joys of motherhood. Each section urges readers to view their daily lives with renewed curiosity and wonder. Purchase In Rockman’s book there is natural observation,...

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