This is one of my visions for an ideal Christmas. It’s a short, happy confection, a dream apart from these dire times. I hope you take some time to imagine your ideal […]
An Ideal Christmas
On Trying to Explain My Buddhism to My Mother-in-Law
To my blog-reading peeps: this is from a letter I wrote to my new mother-in-law, who lives in England. I’m an introvert, so I hate talking on the phone. What to do […]
In Praise of Frivolous Things: Christmas Lights in the Dark
Originally posted on The Manifesto:
It’s December and that means I’m listening to Christmas music, enjoying Christmas decorations and lights, walking through the Christmas displays at my favorite stores. I’m awash in…
“Swept Away” by Robyn Sarah, via The Writer’s Almanac
Today’s poem on The Writer’s Almanac hits about seven different places inside me. What about you? Here’s the beginning: . Swept Away How innocent are lovers in the middle of their lives, […]
In February, the Love is Word
This month at The Gloria Sirens we consider love, but in Siren fashion, we had to turn things around and upside down. We agreed, forget Valentine’s Day and romance, heartbreak and divorce, sex and […]
Fear of Words, an essay with collage images by Katherine Riegel
Bats at Twilight
I’ve heard how they claim the Congress Street Bridge: like folded fur handkerchiefs hundreds hang on the underbelly. At dusk they swoop out to sport and poach and cloak the sky in […]
Green Heart
GREEN HEART Why do we try to pretend we want anything but to be adored? A professor I loved confessed he started writing poems to get women, like wearing a tattoo revealing […]
Gild the Lily or Poison the Cat
By Tiffany Razzano It’s finally happened. I’ve fallen prey to a Hallmark holiday. Until now, I’ve never done much for anyone for Valentine’s Day. Never purchased flowers or chocolate hearts or cheesy […]
The Gloria Sirens 