Here’s what I think I know: My grandmother Leathe Hemachandra was born Leathe Wade Colvert in New York City on…
Poem: Why Cats Stay in Abusive Relationships
Look up “poetry” in the dictionary, and the second definition is “the quickest way to lose blog traffic.” Similarly, Google…
Mountain Xpress article about Family Support Network
Hi everyone! New real blog post coming later this week, but I wanted to link to an article about Family…
Poem: Boulevard Park, Bellingham
I wrote this poem in 1996. Around that time I was writing a lot of poetry and doing some readings…
On Blackness and Autism, Identity and Essence
Often I’m asked “What are you?” Racial and ethnic identity inform so much in our culture. The question asked really…
The Egg Chair: Spinning for Speech
When my son Nicholas was one and a half he lost all his speech. He couldn’t even make coherent sounds.…
Accepting Your Beauty: Body Image and Social Media
Rachael Tree Talker wrote this post on her Talk2TheTrees blog a few days ago about body image, self-worth, and personal,…
Thomas Moore on Sex, Mystery, Shadow, and Living a Life of the Soul
I interviewed Thomas Moore with a colleague and mentor — and now a good friend — in 1998; if I…
Who’s the Faeriest of Them All? An Interview with Brian Froud
Here I combine a few excerpts from my interview with Brian Froud into a slightly longer but still rather short—and…
Top 13 List: A Baker’s Dozen of 2013 Blog Posts
It has been a great year in the blogosphere, easily setting a record for highest amount of traffic since RayHemachandra.com…
