Author Archives: Veronica

Honouring and Respecting women today, and the amazing, strong, caring, wise women who made me.

Prayers    Night of his grandmother’s death,he called Charlie Watts in a dream.Drummer’s long arm resting bythe telephone, he told Charlie a jokeand Charlie laughed, yeah, yeah, man,yeah, so he told another and Charlielaughed again. So relaxed as Charlielaughed again and … Continue reading →

“We have to preach equality on the continent and all over the world. There’s as much talent in girls as there is in boys. They have to be given the opportunity too. At the end of the day, you see … Continue reading →

What Gorgeous Thing By Mary Oliver I do not know what gorgeous thingthe bluebird keeps saying,his voice easing out of his throat,beak, body into the pink airof the early morning. I like itwhatever it is. Sometimesit seems the only thing … Continue reading →

by Greg Younging background by Brendan O’Brien, Magnolia Tree, Fernbank Studio, NZ. handmade paper.

A Purification by Wendell Berry At start of spring I open a trench in the ground. I put into it the winter’s accumulation of paper, pages I do not want to read again, useless words, fragments, errors. And I put … Continue reading →