Gina T. Ogorzaly Cranes chortle raucously mere yards overhead startled by coyote lurking in the neighbor’s field. Cormorant whizzes rapidly straight up the acequia or sits sedately and lonely on a branch sticking up mid-stream. Geese wing south in their...
The image above is part of a collage by Gina T. Ogorzaly Welcome to the third edition of Women Raise Our Voices e-zine. Aloha Readers! “Your heart knows the way…. Run in that direction.” ~Rumi February 8, 2024. Today marks six months since fires...
Block print by Telma Laurentino Telma Laurentino is a scientist, educator and intuitive artisan who entangles the secular, the philosophical and the poetic to create multi-sensory languages that support ecosystemic thinking and sustainable living. Visit...
Mary Van Pelt These days I have conversations with myself. Sometimes I think I need to get beyond my own stories of recovery; after all, it’s been more than thirty years since I experienced forced psychiatric treatment in a locked ward. It’s been more than ten...
Andrea Penner Two café tables away sat an impeccably dressed older gentleman. He wore a gray suit, light shirt and tie, and a soft burnt orange knit beret. His head was bent forward into his left hand, so I could not see his face. With his right hand, he ate...
