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Tag Archives: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Introducing The Beauty Way Series
Last year on “Smoky Talks …” I ran a series of guest posts called the Inspiration Series. In it, guest artists—musicians, writers, visual artists—wrote about what inspired them in their art and in their daily lives. The series was very … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, earth spirituality, inspiration, memoir, Native Americans, nature, nature photography, nature writing, recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty way, Black Bears, Gopher Snakes, looking at life, Navajo, philosophy of life, Sequoia National Park, Smoky Zeidel, The Beauty Way, The Storyteller's Bracelet, Vanilla Heart Publishing, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park
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Thoughts on Being a Mosquito
In the past few months, I’ve written a lot about social causes I’m passionate about: The March Against Monsanto and the threat Monsanto poses to our food supply is only the latest cause I’ve been championing. (Well, that’s not quite … Continue reading
Posted in writers, historical fantasy, holidays, reading, blogging, farmers markets, social activism, Thanksgiving, World Hunger, Activism, Death, vegetarianism
Tagged armchair activist, bt corn, climate change, dali lama, global warming, greenhouse gases, March Against Monsanto, Smoky Zeidel, The Cabin, The Storyteller's Bracelet, Vanilla Heart Publishing
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Honoring Childhood Heroes
Who was your hero when you were a child? If you could do something to honor that childhood hero, what would you do? When I was a little girl, my family used to make an annual migration to the East … Continue reading
Snake Signs
We’ve been having a rough time here at the cottage recently. Creatively, I’ve been stymied. It isn’t that I don’t want to write, have writer’s block, or that I don’t know where I’m going with my newest Work in Progress … Continue reading
Up the Angeles Crest, After the Fire
In many indigenous cultures, owls are harbingers of death. My southern grandmother was a firm believer, and no amount of coaxing from her then maybe seven-year-old granddaughter—that would be me—could convince her otherwise. Fortunately, I’ve never bought into that piece … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, books, Earth, environmental writing, memoir, nature, nature photography, nature writing, photography, reading, Uncategorized, writers, writing
Tagged Angeles Crest Highway, Angeles National Forest, IBird Pro 2, Kindle Fire, Observations of an Earth Mage, San Gabriel Mountains, Scott Zeidel, Sitting in the Woods, Station Fire, Trails, Vanilla Heart Publishing
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A Tribute to Spot the Ground Squirrel
Spot the Ground Squirrel pops up in a lot of stuff I write. I figure with all the casual comments I throw around about Spot, the least I can do is formally introduce her … him … them, to you. … Continue reading
Redeeming Grace—Special Edition is Released
Persecution and terrorism come under many guises. But what if the man persecuting and terrorizing you is your own father, and he’s doing it in the name of God? It is with pride and pleasure that Vanilla Heart Publishing and … Continue reading
An Earth Week Giveaway
It’s Earth Week! The week set aside to celebrate and honor our Mother Planet—and to educate people about how we are damaging Her, and what we can do to heal the wounds we’ve inflicted. Damaging Her. I feel kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, blogging, books, Current News, Earth, eBooks, environmental writing, giveaways, good causes, memoir, nature photography, nature writing, photography, reading, social activism, social media, Uncategorized, words, writers, writing
Tagged Anthologies, Earth Day, Earth Week, Malcolm R. Campbell, Observations of an Earth Mage, Trails, Vanilla Heart Publishing
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Fog
As many of my readers know, I live with chronic pain conditions as a result of being struck by lightning twenty-three years ago. (I tell the story in my short bio, “In a Flash,” for those of you who aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, environmental writing, inspiration, memoir, nature, nature photography, nature writing, photography, reading, Uncategorized, writers, writing
Tagged chronic pain, In a Flash, Lightning, lightning injuries, lightning survivors, neuropathy, Scott Zeidel, Smoky Zeidel, Vanilla Heart Publishing
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