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The Red Shoes
<p>The Red Shoes The warm, humid air was still when Ana Julia and her mother, Dolores, arrived at the Lama shoe store on Fordham Road in the Bronx. Ana Julia sensed a calm promise of excitement in the air, the kind that is in the air when one is young and full of joy. “Ana,… </p>
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Flowing
<p>Flowing – Annecy Baez My husband kneels before me opens my legs and rests his head upon my right thigh I stroke his face his beard and trace with the tip of my index finger the shape of his nose I caress his bald head where gray wiry hairs fight back the test of time… </p>
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The Five Stage of Grief
<p>The night I lost you someone pointed me towards the Five Stages of Grief Go that way, they said, it’s easy, like learning to climb stairs after the amputation. And so I climbed. Denial was first. I sat down at breakfast carefully setting the table for two. I passed you the toast— you sat there…. </p>
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Story -Amor es…Love is…
<p>From My Daughter’s Eyes and Other Stories Amor es… Love is…1/26/74 – Dia de la Virgen de La Altagracia Julia, our housekeeper, has prepared breakfast. A cafe con leche six pan de aguas con mantequilla, our daily bread. Apan de agua is a small Dominican baguette the size of the palm of my hand. Its… </p>
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Collage Art
<p>I am a collage artist, psychotherapist, writer, and Associate Professor at Touro College Graduate School of Social Work where I teach clinical social work practice and Arts Intervention in Social Work Practice. I hold a certificate from Adelphi University in Creative Arts Practices for Mental Health Professionals. This is a collage series of intuitive digital collages inspired by… </p>
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Butterfly Kisses
<p>We are driving towards New Jersey, my husband and I, to pick up our seventeen-year-old daughter who is visiting her father for the weekend. As we drive there, I am suddenly reminded of how much I used to love my ex-husband, particularly when I was seventeen and he taught me how to give him butterfly… </p>
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Story – “Aura”
<p>From My Daughter’s Eyes and Other Stories: “Aura was one of those women who was not family, but was family, and no one knew how. It took some time for me to put all of the pieces of the puzzle together and find the truth about Aura, but by then, she’d be gone to breast… </p>
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The Thorn Necklace
<p>For years I have enjoyed Francesca Lia Block’s work, so to find this new book about the writing process was very exciting. The review notes that the book is named for the painting by Frida Kahlo, who famously transformed her own personal suffering into art, The Thorn Necklace offers lessons on life, love, and the creative… </p>
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Dreaming Ho’oponopono 8/21
<p>The Dream Circle had a wonderful workshop on Hooponopono and dreaming. From the dream circle “The focus this week will be on dreams and the ancient prayer practice of forgiveness known as Ho’oponopono (making things right). Â I heard about Ho’ponopono at the Zendo where I practice Zen meditation where a friend recommended Joe Vitale’s book,… </p>
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Story – The Red Shoes
<p>The Red Shoes The warm, humid air was still when Ana Julia and her mother, Dolores, arrived at the Lama shoe store on Fordham Road in the Bronx. Ana Julia sensed a calm promise of excitement in the air, the kind that is in the air when one is young and full of joy. “Ana,… </p>
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