Climbing Vine

08/16/2026

Thank you, Cheri Love for hosting my nature poetry workshop, with a delicious tea!

The sweetness of cake
and berries, the bitterness
of decaf coffee
with cream, capture the flavors
of a full and tasty life.

01/22/2026

thanks you for having me back to talk, learn, and reflect on JABEID and The Four Pivots!

10/18/2025

This was an amazing and healing event that will greatly inform Climbing Vine's work moving forward.

09/20/2025

enjoyed presenting today on JABEID and The Four Pivots and AAUW's Strategic Plans with Goehring , in a hybrid format, to the AAUW San Jose Branch

08/30/2025

Join me in November, at Camp Ocean Pines. Go to the Camp Ocean Pines website, under Adult Workshops, for more information.

08/06/2025

I am continually reminded that DEI could also stand for Dedication to Empathy and Integrity. Today, I learned about the following fascinating history. Did you know about this?
I also learned about Los Angeles's Japan House. (See first comment).

Stationed in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara granted transit visas that allowed holders to escape Europe and travel through Japan as they sought safety abroad

07/28/2025

The more I live, not just do, this work, the less I know. That is, the less I am able to assume and the more I learn. Also, the more I apologize. I am humbled, nearly every day. That's why I will never call myself an expert, only a practitioner.

06/14/2025

Poets of color will always find a way to make our voices heard. Much thanks to Flower Song Press for including "This is a Poem for Us--And for Nikki Giovanni" in Anger Is A Gift, to be published in August. You can pre-order a copy now.