Daily Blogs, Quotes, and Poetry
Learning to See Beyond the Masks
Learning to See Beyond the Masks We are in a world that still has so far to go. Wars begun thousands of years ago still bleed the living. Women [...]
Ballet and Museums – Why I Love Museums
Ballet and Museums - Why I Love Museums To me, being in a museum is like getting to fly another’s plane. While I have my own instrument to explore [...]
Ballet – The Popes Revenge – Berliner Fernsehturm
Ballet - The Popes Revenge - Berliner Fernsehturm The walk from Checkpoint Charlie into the heart of East Berlin was dark, ominous, and foreboding. I could not help but [...]
Poem – The Epyllion of Ballet
Poem – The Epyllion of Ballet In the hushed elegance of a moon-kissed eve, Where whispers of stardust weave A tale of ardor that takes flight, In pirouettes of [...]
Chapter 14 – East Berlin – The Stasi – Finding Out The Hard Way About My Father
Chapter 14 - East Berlin – The Stasi – Finding Out The Hard Way About My Father Deep inside something felt very wrong. But there were many things pushing [...]
Suzanne Wagner Poem – The Bones of Ancient Paths Still Speak
The Bones of Ancient Paths Still Speak I listened to my mind, and it led me astray. I listened to my heart, and it knew the way. Too [...]
Taking My Mom Out To Coeur d’Alene
Taking my Mom out to Coeur d'Alene We went to the Spokane River in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It is only about 40 minutes away from Spokane and on [...]
A Day Navigating My Mother’s Dementia
A Day Navigating My Mother’s Dementia Well, my day with my mother was lovely on so many levels. First of all, the staff is incredible and space that she [...]
The Many Dances Out The Door
The Many Dances Out The Door I am in Spokane. I got here safe and sound. Travel takes more effort from where I live high up in Northern California. [...]
If the Familiar is the Goal than Boring will be the Life
If the Familiar is the Goal than Boring will be the Life There is something to be said about doing things you have never done. While humanity longs for [...]
Witnessing Surrender
Witnessing Surrender I am on my way to visit my mother in Spokane in Memory Care. These eclipses are coming in strong, hard, and fast. Seems we just can’t keep [...]
Chapter 11 of the Ballet Book – A Work in Progress
Chapter 11 of the Ballet Book – A Work in Progress I wake up to the tolling of the morning bells. The reverberation has a solemn tone and in [...]