by Sharon Heath | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog
Today I find myself turning again to those fateful lines from Bertolt Brecht’s Motto to the Svendborg Poems, penned in 1939: “In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.” In 2017, we...
by Sharon Heath | Aug 26, 2017 | Blog
We’re living in some seriously dark times. Yet all around us ~ and inside us ~ the generous, green spark of life continues to bring forth new discoveries, new pleasures, new opportunities to dance our way into what Fleur Robins likes to call further incarnations...
by Sharon Heath | May 21, 2017 | Blog
I’m a city girl. For most of my life, I’ve lived in SoCal, with a brief stint in Berkeley as a young teen. My family moved around a lot, but the closest we got to anything resembling raw nature was in my earliest years, when we lived just a few blocks from...
by Sharon Heath | May 5, 2017 | Blog
Fleur Robins burst into my life like a firecracker, excitedly skipping ahead of me, tugging me into realms I barely knew existed and stretching my mind as impossibly as childbirth once stretched my body. Writers are often encouraged to write about what we know, but my...
by Sharon Heath | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog
I can’t believe it’s been two whole years since I last posted here in Cyber Land. During that time, a new grandchild burst into my life like a wild wind, toppling old routines and riveting my attention. I’ve become the archetypal grandma, yakking away to everyone I...
by Sharon Heath | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog
Fathers of daughters can make or break their girls’ sense of worth, competency, confidence, ambition, ethics, zest for life, feminine appeal. Traditionally, they’ve served as bridges for their daughters into the wider world. Unless they totally blow it,...