change is really hard
change is really hard change is the only constant in the Universeand yet we (collectively) avoid and even distrust its very …
Author Archives: Kate Cowie Riley
Musings on Madness
Me: I am a round peg in the square hole of life. Kyle: Ah, so it’s hereditary! January 2016 I …
Sea Glass Words
looking down the beach at low tidesmall stones strewn along the shoreI think of every word spread out across language …
Just Before Dawn
just before dawnthe fragrances are unmistakableawakening my senses gray pre-dawn lightheavy cocoon of humiditybirds singing a quieter morning songbeckoning the …
whenyou come into my dreamsnot often, but sometimesyou are thereand I wonder whyafter all the yearsand the passageof more than …
Older Now
I feel older nowbut not in the way of decay.Old in the ways of learning,and of experience,and, yes, of wisdom.Of …
Moving through Cedars
Moving through CedarsRustling, whispering softlyArbor harp of winds
Spring Equinox 2022
a stillness of balancelight and darkday and nightwinter and summereach in their own waymay each of usfind, and hold,our own …
Soon, please
When I was young and had just begun to be able to sense things around me, and became aware of …
What the Forest Said
“She comes to see us often.Quietly, softly, she walks—winding her way through the tallest of us, gingerly feeling her way …
Weaving the Magic Thread 