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Each month I post an update called Rewrites on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website. I don't know what to write this month. Usually, I attempt to be uplifting & encouraging. Each day the news hits in a new and painful way. I'm so angry, but my anger comes with great sadness. If we're lucky, we are offered a life and given the opportunity to either live with love & compassion or hate & greed. None of this is surprising. The unconscious human soul is a destructive force—constantly compensating, constantly othering. The empty spaces inside us are impossible to fill without connection & vitality. I've turned to haiku & poetry for solace. Keep doing your work for good. Keep writing.  Book of Haikus by Jack Kerouac Publications:
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 Rose by Li-Young Lee Books I Finished in This Month:
 Hatch by Marnie Richie Haiku: Who wd have guessed that a January moon Could be so orange! Jack Kerouac  This One We Call Ours by Martha Silano Poem: [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e.e. cummings i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)  How To Not Be Afraid of Everything by Jane Wong Quote: "For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice." - T.S. Eliot
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Each month I post an update called Tuning In on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website. Instead of making New Year's resolutions, I choose a word to represent an intention for the coming year. In 2024, my word was "momentum." In January of last year, I wrote that I was "ready for my wings." Perhaps I should've chosen a phrase instead of a word, like "building momentum." I feel my wings pushing through, but only as small buds. Last year I finished my first year of my MFA in Creative Writing at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and completed the Outside Experience requirement of the program by riding all the Washington State Ferry routes. Yet, the entire year felt like a lot of fits and starts—lacking the steady movement I was hoping for last January. Which is why this year I am choosing the word "center." My goal this year is to keep my aspirations in focus and when I am knocked off my center remember to keep coming back to it as much as necessary. Focusing on my work life, my creative life, my family & friends, and ongoing healing. What is your word for 2025?  Ferry Lights from Lincoln Park, West Seattle Upcoming Events:
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 All Fours by Miranda July Book Club: All Fours by Miranda July "A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey. Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive." (I'm a proud member of the sloth reading club, so what I'm reading will not always change monthly) Vintage Art:  New Years Eve Party, 1931-1932 Song on Repeat: New Year's Day by Taylor Swift "Hold on to the memories They will hold on to you" Quote: "Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage." - Susan Sontag Each month I post an update called Tuning In on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website. To me, each September feels like a new beginning. Maybe it's because we've been conditioned that way from school, or maybe because of the palpable change in the weather, but either way, it's a time of year I like to revisit routine and grounding. As the hours of daylight slowly shorten, it feels like a signal to my body to shorten my expectations of what I am able to do in a day. Last month I attended a funeral in Orange County, and though it was a very sad time, I was able to be near the ocean and walk barefoot in the sand.  Laguna Beach, California Upcoming Events:
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Attending:  Laguna Beach, California Book Club: Hemlock by Kiersten Modglin "Thirteen years ago, Maggie Ellis left her small town and vowed to never return. In her rearview mirror were two men she loved and an ominous secret that would forever haunt her. Now, tragedy has brought her back, and she’s determined to forget that fateful night. But in a town like Myers, with familiar faces and chilling memories lurking around every corner, moving on is easier said than done. Before the ink can dry on the closing documents for her new residence, Maggie begins to feel unsettled. In every room, there’s the unmistakable sensation she's being watched. The strange sounds, odd smells, and bizarre occurrences only add to her paranoia. (I'm a proud member of the sloth reading club, so what I'm reading will not always change monthly) Vintage Art:  Quote: "Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson." - Unknown |
WelcomeI'm Kerry (She/Her/Hers) and I am a licensed therapist, group facilitator, poet, writer, & speaker. This is a place to acknowledge and validate our suffering and trauma, while also learning how to turn toward aliveness and spaciousness. 
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