NELLIE JUNE. midwifery. social justice. stillness. firepit times. the space made by embracing arms. living intentionally. libraries. letters. making things. taking the long way.
ina may gaskin. dolly parton. jimmy carter. ida wells. bowie. rachel maines.
silence. wind chimes in winter, carousels, cellos, toy piano phwaps, hand claps, my great, great grandmother's zinc music box. dolly and fairouz.
it's a wonderful life. don't look now. wild strawberries. nxnw. badlands. ratcatcher. arthur. the last waltz. coal miner's daughter. masculin/feminin. the 400 blows. the eyes of tammy faye.
when language and rhythm become the soundtrack for a quiet story like ours about things like kitchens at dawn... or the smell of your mother's pillow... or the sounds of a mountain... or building bridges, never to cross them once finished... or the color blue.
jimmy carter. rose sackey-milligan. safia amajan. the nuns of the green mountain dharma center and