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Riehl Life Village Wisdom for the 21st CenturyRiehl Life Village Wisdom for the 21st CenturyCreating connections through the arts and across cultures. Articles
Writing Embroidery: Skeins of Thought
2008-06-02 19:09:00 Writing is an effort of untangling the skeins of thought. Rather than rolling them up in a ball, all neat and tidy, the writer finds plain cloth to embroider them. With each strand of thought stitching through the other the writer makes a new design. My sister and I embroidered in the back seat of the 1955 ... More About: Writing , Thought , Embroidery
Slumber party for young guests?no media involved
2008-06-01 16:39:00 Girlie pink feather playtime shoes…dreamy. Daddy’s dream come true was for us to host two of his young friends for an overnight at his home atop the bluffs. We had the best of times! While I prepared a chicken pot pie, Pop and N. picked iris and peonies from our garden for the table. The girls went into the ... More About: Media , Party , Young , Guests , Slumber Party
Calculate Gas Prices for Summer Travels!
2008-05-31 20:43:00 Riehlife contributor Judy Tart sends this gas calculator from an AAA website. It allows you to calculate gas prices for a trip anywhere in the US, but only calculates between large cities. It does help compare between specific models of cars, which is very informative. Judy calculated the gas cost for a round trip from ... More About: Travels , Summer , Gas Prices , Calculate , Prices
Creative Collaboration and Compassion Adventures & Blog Duet with Yvonne Pe
2008-05-29 17:18:00 Click here to read about my Nashville trip last week. Click here to read Yvonne Perry’s report “Janet Riehl’s Nashville Visit” on Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky blogspot. The Riehl Family on the Homeplace…everyone played music or wrote poetry as a matter of course. Anna Riehl, my grandmother, in foreground, wrote the poetry collection “On ... More About: Creative , Blog , Compassion , Adventures
Hardtimes Lessons: ?Moonlighting,? story and poem by William T. Dawson
2008-05-27 14:45:00 William T. Dawson ’s poem “Moonlighting ” is a poem of an event from the 1980s (when some of us remember the recession). Dawson’s poem speaks to our times as hard times cycle back around. I asked William to tell us a bit about the context surrounding writing his poem. This is what he said: I write primarily ... More About: Story , Tucson , Poem
Pioneer Journey: They Came to Kansas
2008-05-27 14:28:00 My father unearthed another family treasure recently and we’ve posted it on the Women Writing the West blog. Click here to read They Came to Kansas . My father, Erwin A. Thompson, became enthralled with a recent discussion on the Women Writing the West listserve concerning the mid-day meal. He discovered and transcribed this story written by ... More About: Journey , Pioneer
?Memorial Day??poem by Phillip Dodds
2008-05-26 15:14:00 My cousin (on my father’s side…Aunt Eleanor’s oldest child of seven children) Phillip Dodds served in the Air Force from November, 1958 to November, 1966 on three bases: Lackland Air Force Base in Texas; Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi; and Eglin Air Force base in Florida. Phillip did not experience the combat experience or ... More About: Poem , Memorial Day , Memorial
Walk Score?fight rising gas prices?Walk!
2008-05-25 18:18:00 My friend Judy Tart (woman of wide-ranging intelligence and heart) has appeared on Riehlife several times in the Village Commons category. She is, in effect, one of the contributors to the Riehlife Blog-Magazine. Today she writes about a site that gives you a WALK SCORE. “You enter your address (or where you are thinking of moving), ... More About: Fight , Gas Prices , Score , Walk , Prices
Writing Tip emerges from ?Two Candles??Ernest Dempsey?s new poetry book
2008-05-25 17:36:00 Two Candles by Ernest Dempsey My writing pal Ernest Dempsey is also known fondly on Riehlife as “our man in Pakistan”—you can find many blogposts about his work on Riehlife under “Read On” and read his poems under the “Writing Matters” archive categories. I asked him to tell us the story behind the creation of his ... More About: Poetry , Book
Heart Talk?poem duet by Grace Madison & Ernest Dempsey
2008-05-24 23:44:00 “Deep listening from the heart is one half of true communication. Speaking from the heart is the other half.” ?Sara Paddison, author Hidden Power of the Heart When I sent this quotation to my friend Grace Madison (she is the mother of Curt Madison, one of my high school chums who know bases in Alaska), she wrote back ... More About: Pakistan , Talk , Poem
St. Louis Poet Karen Smead Mondale: ?He would tell you he never was an arti
2008-05-23 19:10:00 I first met KAREN SMEAD MONDALE, long-time community activist and retired educator, last fall at a Duff’s River Styx poetry reading. She read at Duff’s this week as part of Loosely Identified, a St. Louis women’s poetry workshop, while I was on my Nashville audiobook recording trip, so I missed that treat. Karen Mondale at ... More About: Poet , St Louis
Lester Mondale, noted humanist, circles of inspiration?from Missouri to the
2008-05-23 18:26:00 R. Lester Mondale (May 28, 1904 to August 19, 2003) “I feel most truly myself, And at home in a universe of Living things and Galaxy-strewn skies About which the half Has never been told And, perhaps, Never will be told.” Lester Mondale, a man with big vision, lived a big-hearted life. Father of Karen Mondale (read poem “He would tell you he never was ... More About: Inspiration , Missouri , Humanist
George Lucas? fatherly advice for success in the arts
2008-05-21 16:45:00 Remember that ultimately going for the money is 100% wrong. Going for love of what you’re doing is sort of 60% right. You can fill that other 40% with a little practical thinking: I also want to make a living at this. I don’t want to starve. —George Lucas , Quoted in USA Today More About: Advice , Success , Arts
Nashville!
2008-05-20 14:34:00 It’s a pretty drive from St. Louis to Nashville (routes 64/57/24) that takes around 5.5 hours and crosses three rivers (Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee) and passes by many gorgeous large lakes (Rend/Egypt/Barkley) where I wanted to just stop and camp. The routes down are so aesthetically constructed without billboards and with so much foliage embracing ...
Riehl?s ?Sightlines? Spotlighted: Life in the Modern World on Dianne K. Sal
2008-05-18 14:40:00 Dianne K. Salerni offers monthly Spotlights of Independent Author Guild books on the pages on her High Spirited site. This month’s spotlight theme features non-fiction, poetry, and contemporary fiction for Life in the Modern World “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” shares good company with these other Independent Author Guild Members and their books. Floyd Orr Kevin Thompson Shirley Mahood Lynn Osterkamp Shannon ...
?On Writer?s Block,? by Victoria Nelson?simply the best!
2008-05-16 22:13:00 Victoria Nelson ’s “On Writer ’s Block ” covers the entire territory of writing process, not just the silences inherent in that process. It’s filled with marvelous quotations and wonderful tips. One I loved was: write your own review before the critics to so you’ll have something solid to lean against. This book belongs in every writer’s bedside library. More About: Victoria , Simply
Mara Purl: Koto at Lincoln Center then twirls to ?Child Secrets? awards upo
2008-05-16 20:10:00 Mara Purl, a colleague from Women Writing the West, knows the challenges and advantages of being multi-faceted in our artistic work. Mara says she’s a “hyphenate” (how cross-genre folks are designated in Hollywood.) She refers to her web site as “an eco-system with interconnecting gardens” and you’ll be amazed at the multi-talent you’ll find there. Here ... More About: Awards , Lincoln , Secrets , Child , Center
Writing Critique & Releasing Question: What other poems are inside this poe
2008-05-16 17:06:00 When you receive a “Listenback” from a critique on your work, what can you do next? Use the feedback you’ve received to set up exercises to try things out. Use this releasing question: What other poems are inside this poem? Editing and re-writing are like sculpting. More About: Writing , Question , Poems , Write , Inside
Barry Yelton?s ?In That Peculiar Space?: A Poet, dreams of infinity, a smal
2008-05-16 16:28:00 Barry Yelton and I met through the Independent Authors Guild. Barry is the author of Scarecrow in Gray, A Civil War Novel. Barry is also a marvelous poet, so far assembling around fifty poems towards a chapbook titled: “On Wings of Gentle Power,” a line from one of the poems, referring to the spiritual ... More About: Dreams , Space , Poet , Barry
Culture of Women in Ruth-Miriam Garnett?s novel ?Laelia?
2008-05-15 19:00:00 Laelia anceps What is a Woman? Strength and Sensuality I filled the bath and threw in a bath tea bag of lemongrass and green tea to relax and finish reading Ruth -Miriam Garnett ’s novel “Laelia.” Ruth-Miriam Garnett portrays the culture of womanhood in concentric circles from intimate homelife, to community, and hints at the broader swath of ... More About: Women , Culture
Smith Magazine?s Six-word Memoir Project (as heard on NPR)?and now?Story Ci
2008-05-15 03:52:00 Six-word memoir was hot this year. And, it’s fun as well. Some time back I phoned in my 6-word memoir: Country girl roamed. Home grazing sweetest. and my 6-word description of “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” A downhome family lovestory beyond death. for the May Story Circle Network Podcast. Frankly, I’d forgotten all about it. Then, this morning on the Independent Authors Guild ... More About: Magazine , Word , Project , Smith
?Harlem Duet? sings: St. Louis Black Rep Company stages Djanet Sears? award
2008-05-15 00:28:00 Ruth-Miriam Garnett and I have great “bumping into each other” luck. I first met Ruth at the St. Louis Poetry Center gala last fall. Subsequently, we’ve magically bumped into each other 1) on the metro platform at the Central West End; 2) at Wole Soyinka’s talk at the Black Rep with her friend Lavelle Wilkins-Chin; ... More About: Company , Award , Sears
Writing Secrets: write when there?s no time to write?by Erwin A. Thompson
2008-05-13 16:51:00 Erwin A. Thompson , author of Thompson Western Series and Folk Treasure I will share my secret of being able to write when there is no time for writing. When I am in a boring job that only requires my presence, when I wake up at night and tend to remember all of the dirty deals that people ... More About: Writing , Time , Write , Secrets
All Mothers Day?for mothers and others?the truth of interconnection
2008-05-11 14:18:00 Happy ALL MOTHERS DAY, you mothers and others. This is a good day to recognize the truth of Tibetan Buddhism: that every being was at one time my own mother…your own mother. Hey! that means you were mine and I was yours. Taking it into present time….you are mine and I am yours. We nurture, cultivate, and ... More About: Truth , Mothers Day , Mothers , The Truth
Donation Sustains Music Program: Erwin A. Thompson in the news
2008-05-10 20:55:00 At the Writers Club Reception this week Pop said, “If I’d have to choose between music and writing, I’d be hard put to choose.” With this set of articles in The Telegraph this week, looks like he doesn’t have to. Pop’s a newsmaker! At 92 he’s on a roll! On May 8, 2008 at 11:08PM Telegraph’s ... More About: News , Music , In the News , The News , Donation
Thompson?s Literary Legacy honored at AHS: Writing His World?from 1932 to t
2008-05-10 00:11:00 Erwin A. Thompson & Janet Grace Riehl, father-daugther writing team Click here to read article “The Write Stuff: Writers’ Club Co-Founder speaks to students” by Stephanie Kiszczak in The Telegraph online. At the AHS Writers Club end of year celebration yesterday the past met the present and moved right on into the future. Faculty, students, friends, family, and ... More About: Writing , World , Legacy , Literary
Dempsey?s Tuanortsa previews ?Two Candles?
2008-05-09 22:52:00 My Man in Pakistan, Ernest Dempsey (aka Karim Khan)—a Man of Letters who is an author, editor, freelance writer, and book reviewer—responded to May Garsson’s challenge to write a poem in the experimental Tuanortsa form. Ernest Dempsey is a moving force with World Audience. He is President of World Audience, a publishing consortium, and editor-in-chief ... More About: Candles
VE Day: 1945?Edward R. Murrow reporting
2008-05-08 15:40:00 The biggest throw-your-hat-up-in-the-air news on May 8, 1945 was VICTORY IN EUROPE - GERMANY SURRENDERS! Click here to go to a site where you can hear a live report from Edward R. Murrow of CBS news standing in Piccadilly Circus in London”amidst a crowd of jubilant Britains celebrating the end of the war”. Go to CBC News ...
Botswana?s Bessie Head: A Meeting with Barbara Bamberger Scott
2008-05-07 16:42:00 A refugee is a person whose heart has been broken. “My daughter, who was 11 at the time, also loves Bessie’s books and was deeply influenced by living for two years in Botswana . One of my favorite expressions from there is Ke moto fela - “I’m just a person.”–Barbara Bamberg Scott (Read her impressive ... More About: Head , Meeting
?Tunanortsa??poetry call for Clive Matson?s ?Crazy Child Scribbler?
More articles from this author:2008-05-06 15:48:00 Hello poets! May Garsson (maygarsson@yahoo.com) is collecting submissions for Clive Matson’s publication Crazy Child Scribbler using a new form called “tuanortsa” (astronaut spelled backward). This is a simple form, a poetic palindrome that reads more or less the same from top to bottom as from bottom to top. Here’s an example May gives (taken from an excerpt ... More About: Poetry , Write , Call 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
