September brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...

Last week I spent a perfect summer day with a small group of writer friends gathered for a retreat on my back porch.There was just a bit...

It’s poetry month and I am writing a poem a day with a small group of friends. We are posting up to a private shared page where we get to...

At sundown this evening Rosh Hashanah begins. Over the last five years I’ve given time in the preceding weeks to puzzling out how I want...

A long time ago, before the age of the internet, I belonged to a group of writers that met weekly for over ten years. We met in the...