Carol Wiebe

I once took a class from Sybil Rampen, where she showed us a bag she had purposely put holes into, to symbolize the “hard times” she had...

David Whyte knows whereof he speaks when it comes to the meaning of “work.” He has been bringing poetry to the corporate world for...

David Whyte is not a typical poet. He performs his readings to share his own writing, which will stir your soul, and the poetry of...

I don’t know why, but a number of years ago I fell in love with orange. Fiery, warm, incendiary, bright, saucy, scintillating, lush...

Of the Surface of Things I In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four...

Spring is close enough to taste, and to celebrate, I am off to party, as only artists can, with a group of women ~ at Sand Lake, near...

.When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms....

In the company of our Elders we get a sense of where we came from, and where we are headed. When Elders speak, we need to open ourselves...

. Denial It’s so easy to keep walking, to keep working, to keep talking, without thought of why we do it only wanting to get through...

Thanks to my connection with Julianne Fuchs-Musgrave, I was made aware of a wonderful collection of readings by various poets. Poets in...

I have loved the work of Mary Oliver for many years. Reading a poem by Oliver fills me, allows me to revel in a feeling so beautifully...

. Yesterday I posted my latest painting (21″ x 21.5,”). It is one of those pieces I put it out with fear and trembling. It means so much...

. I challenge you to read David Whyte and avoid being impelled to think deeply about what he has to say. Whether through his prose or...

. Whether you are crossing out a word as you write, crossing a bridge or a swamp, telling a joke about unlikely crossings or perhaps...

.. .. You never know when something you have said or done plants a seed in another’s mind, ready to bear fruit in the future. It’s too...

. Everyone wants to be at the center of attention, but I always look towards the edge, the periphery. People are more real out there,...

. . Absolute clarity is a rarity. Our view is often blurred or partially obscured. Yet, decisiveness is expected, Hesitation is not...

. Some people spend all their time trying to jump through the hoops that others hold in front of them. That doesn’t interest me. The...

. Love Knot It’s too easy to just play it safe, to try and keep things quiet and serene. The spirit feels caged by such an attitude. Mary...

. Breakthrough We long for breakthroughs, for the illuminating light at the end of the tunnel, for enlightenment that will banish our...