• Emily’s Footsteps

    Periodically I think about Emily Bronte and stories about her I have read. She is my reminder of the importance of the integration of rhythm and nature, when I am working on something that is difficult. So I wrote a few paragraphs about her and uploaded 2 versions of a 17th century Irish poem presented… Continue Reading

  • Emily Brontë / Patti Smith

    I spent several years reading the work of and studying the life of the Brontës. I was inspired to do so by my former mother-in-law, who grew up in a Jewish anarchists co-op, in NYC, (“the Coops” she called it).  She directed me to many women writers, whose lives were lived with great strength. Emma… Continue Reading