Yes, my friends, I went to England this summer. I went during July, when the temperatures in Memphis were sweltering in the humid 90s. I went with my husband, who is English, […]
Anglophile For Life
Katie Riegel
Poet, writer, editor, teacher, blogger, mentor, meditator.
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A Doubter in the Church of Poetry
Originally posted on The Literary Life:
Friends, I have a confession to make: I lose faith. Often. Sometimes multiple times a day. And I’m not talking about religious faith, though I have…
Inner Weather
Today is the 12th day since I stopped taking my anti-depressant. Before that I went on half the dose for a month. Before that I was on that particular drug for perhaps 5 […]
On Meditating Through Being with Animals
It’s Not Your Fault (You Don’t Suck)
Originally posted on The Literary Life:
I talk to people all the time—inside and outside of academia—who don’t have the faintest sense of why it’s so hard to make a living teaching…
Renaissance Person
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers… —William Wordsworth I was listening to a […]
An Introduction to Meditation
Hey friends! This is the first in a series on meditation. You—yes you—can meditate. You don’t have to “clear your mind,” and there are a lot of different ways to do it […]
Let’s Call It Kindness
—by Giselle Haas Yes, political correctness can be annoying…in the same way that learning how to say “please” before Mom gives you your lunch or actually having to walk to a bathroom […]
Seed the Future: Katie’s Vlog April 25 2016
Originally posted on The Manifesto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddc6JsL1t18
The Gloria Sirens 