Go to either the Women Writing the West blog or the Independent Authors Guild Blog to read my take on blogging basics.
It’s easy to get started, but it takes passion to stay going. Mission drives your blog to stay the course.
This post on these two blogs for two writing organizations I belong to are adapted […]

A.C.E. Hal Manogue’s TM (Aware Connected Energy)
For those Riehlife and Community of the Land (Susan Tweit’s blog) readers who’ve been intrigued by our Blog Duet on the theme of Regenerative Design/Living, hop on over to Hal Manogue’s “Living a Non-Ordinary Life in a Non Ordinary Way” for a thoughtful essay that expands this dialogue. […]

The introduction to the interview reads, rather engagingly:
If you were the reincarnation of a Tibetan warrior king, what would your life look like? Would you live alone, contemplating existence in a hidden monastery high on a mountain top? Would you be a figure like the Dalai Lama, with no family but for the millions who […]

In today’s New York Times Connections section, Edward Rothstein writes a marvelous article: “Worlds Outfoxed by a Wily Inner Child” about the current exhibiton at the Jewish Museum (later to appear in San Francisco) titled “From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig.”
The catalog tells the story of from the artist’s […]

I asked my friend Ernest Dempsey (pen name of Karim Khan) to write some personal notes about the recent Pakistani elections. I was always so impressed that each time we corresponded, he was busily scribbling away on his poetry collection and other literary endeavors.
His latest is inclusion in Howard Wu’s anthology “Random Thoughts,” one of […]

Two weeks ago Susan Tweit and I opened a format I’ve termed a “blog duet” (a coinage for our exchange between blogs and mind-hearts). Susan’s blog Community of the Land focuses on spirit-infused ecology. My blog Riehlife seeks to gather and amplify village wisdom we can apply to our everyday 21st century conundrums.

“Off She Goes […]

Sing along, now, everybody, all together:
“Getting to know you,
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you,
Getting to know what to say”
That’s the essence of the “Getting to Know You” blogging meme which Isabella Mori of Change Therapy has just tagged me to participate in.

Poinsetta, December-child’s flower
DECEMBER
12 characteristics…one for each month of the year.
1. […]

To read my father’s poem “Night Patrol” click here to access the Riehlife March 18th 2007 entry.
To see Erwin A. Thompson tellling this story of bravery in action…matter of factly and with gentle humor…go to www.thetelegraph.com. Tip: To avoid problems in streaming this video, you may wish to press the pause button on the screen […]

Wilfred Bereswill is an environmental engineer and author whose international travels take him regularly to China. His first novel, A REASON FOR DYING, a biological thriller, is due to be released by Hilliard & Harris on April 1st, 2008. Learn more about Wilfred Bereswill’s writing on his website and blog by clicking here.
Wilfred wrote […]

Gary & Patty Thompson on Hawaiian Second Honeymoon Tour
Forty years ago today (February 17, 1968, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) my brother Gary Thompson and Patricia (Patty) Murrary wed to become Gary and Patty Thompson. They’ve stayed that way for 40 years. That’s no small feat in today’s fast-dissolving-of-everything world.
They’ve founded a family of 3 children […]