Archive for December, 2009
“Burleycue” seeking poems, fiction, essays, and visual art!
Call for poems, fiction, essays, and visual art. Deadline February 2, 2010. Join the company of Richard Newman and Phillip Gounis.
Send 1-3 poems, fiction, essays or visual art meditating on the Theme: “Whorticulture.” Culture as a whore? One’s own bumping heads with “whoredom” or society’s misappropriation of the word “whore”? Contribute your own interpretation [...]
New Year Message & Poem from Ernest Dempsey
Dear Readers,
This message and poem comes from our Man in Pakistan, Ernest Dempsey, who edits Recovering the Self among many other writing contributions. Ernest asked me to post it on Riehlife. That way all my regular readers can enjoy it while Ernest also will send the link his writing world buddies shortly before New Year’s [...]
The Art of Friendship: Happy Birthday to Me
It’s been 61 years coming, but today is that day…only with a new year attached. I start thinking about my new age a few weeks beforehand so it comes at no surprise on the date. Falling between Christmas and New Year’s as it does–the Dead Week, I call it–when people are still reeling and resting [...]
Reel Inspiration reviews three Parisian-inspired movies
If you have been longing for a trip to Paris, here are three new films that feature the City of Love: “An Education,” “Coco Before Channel,” and “Paris.” Two of the films, “An Education” and “Coco Before Channel” are period pieces dealing with the confines of class and gender. In all three films, Paris [...]
Transcendent Twig Sculpture
Lloyd Kleine Harvey with Suzanne Tucker
Lloyd Klein Harvey has been a friend of mine since the late 1990s. He sponsored my Peace Flag workshop in his Art from Recycled Materials studio at the City Museum. We started the Peace Project at the Millennium. Since then, I’ve moved to St. Louis and seen his artwork evolve. [...]
Art Showcase: pictures and stories tell life lessons
Art Showcase Offers Children Unique Opportunity to Share Lessons Learned
Author Yvonne Perry announces an online art and writing showcase and asks children to write a story or create an art piece to showcase life lessons they have learned.
Yvonne Perry has opened the lines of communication between parents and children with a online community project. Children [...]
Boxing Day Way
Ah, Boxing Day! It’ll be a year until I’m greeted by, “Are you ready for Christmas?” As if we are climbing a steep mountain pass to ski down the other side. Or, crawling across the desert to a beckoning oasis. For me, Boxing Day is that oasis.
The first time I celebrated Boxing Day on December [...]
“Invictus”
“Invictus”(2009) is masterful. When the Springboks, a South African Rugby team, wins the 1995 World Cup, we see a near miracle of unification. Nelson Mandela, newly elected, chooses the nearly all-white (read “Africaner” or “Boer”) rugby team as a symbol to stitch together the racially and economically divided country after the struggle to end apartheid. [...]
“Mindfulness saves hassle”: Key thought for locked keys
Video Credit: Drake, on October 14, 2008, put Carl Thomas’s video Emotional with the music to K’jon. Actual title for the song is “On the Ocean.” Watch the official video of “On the Ocean” with the complete song (and more down to earth visuals).
So, there I was, pulling into the parking spot inside the [...]
Visualize Details in Creating Your Worlds
The entire extended family is traveling in a van to a family reunion. It’s sort of a womb zoom.
“What kind of fabric are the shoes made of?” I asked my great niece as she drew a picture of a princess.
In creating a world we need to imagine the specifics.
What is your world? What are your [...]
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