20 Favorites of 2020
I've once again chosen my most popular posts of the last year, based on your views, comments, Tweets, and Facebook likes/comments.
I always do appreciate your support and your comments - what was your favorite? — Sallie
Bear
A few years ago when I built my studio on the edge of the Santa Fe Watershed in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, I was visited by two bears.
And Now, Margaret Sanger
Yesterday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York removed the name of Margaret Sanger, “founder of the organization,” from its Manhattan clinic because of her “harmful connection to the eugenics movement.”
Summer Evening
After supper on these warm evenings in Santa Fe, my dog Pip usually insists on a walk.
Wolf Pen and the World
We never escape our past or our responsibility for our past, as we never escape the future we have agreed to create.
Where Are the Religious Leaders
I may have missed their presence at the demonstrations that have been happening all over the country, most recently in Louisville, Kentucky, but I doubt it.
A Dream Deferred
I was unable to move through my bitter disappointment that my original dream, dependent on a man, had collapsed.
A President Who Knows Poetry
Poetry is essential in my view, the only art form complex enough to deal with the contradictions of human nature.
Little Brother
For the past four years, I’ve been chipping away at this complicated and difficult subject…
A Bright Light
This week, president-elect Joe Biden’s appointment of Laguna pueblo native, Debra Haaland, as Secretary of the Interior, gives proof positive of change.
Merry Solitude
As I prepare to enjoy Christmas in blissful solitude, I’m particularly grateful for having learned during the past ten years how to love myself alone.