by Nadia Colburn | Dec 19, 2019 | Poetry, Happiness, Writing
I want to share with you a winter solstice poem. It’s so nice to be able to share what we enjoy and find helpful. The solstice is the darkest time of year, but it also is a time that reminds us of the lights around and within us. Mary Oliver’s poem, “Snowy Night,” is...
by Nadia Colburn | Nov 27, 2019 | Poetry, Environment, Uncategorized, Writing
People have widely different experiences of Thanksgiving, which can bring up all kinds of things.I want to share a poem by Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation and the current national poet laureate. In our complicated history and nation, I like to return to...
by Nadia Colburn | Nov 21, 2019 | Writing, Creativity, Happiness, Poetry
This happens to me every year: suddenly, without my knowing quite how it happened, it’s the holiday season again. The days are getting darker, and I wonder where all the time has gone. Life passes so quickly! It’s a challenge to keep up, to pay attention and to...
by Nadia Colburn | Oct 22, 2019 | Women's Voices, Creativity, Motherhood, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing
So what do I want to have in common with a killer whale mom? This probably isn’t the question that you’ve been wishing I’d answer, but I’ll tell you anyway: it’s not a hunger for seals; it’s not my weight; it’s that when an orca mother’s reproductive years are...
by Nadia Colburn | Oct 11, 2019 | Poetry, Creativity, Mindfulness, Uncategorized, Writing
The High Shelf is here!!! This is a special moment—and a bit surreal. So much work goes into making any book, and I can say this book in particular has been such a labor of love—and time. As many of you know, this book has been over a decade in the making, and it...
by Nadia Colburn | Sep 18, 2019 | Poetry, Creativity, Writing
The cover of my poetry book, The High Shelf, is an image of a painted sky with a few birds soaring in it. In the poem from which the book takes its title, I imagine a high shelf suspended in the sky without supports: Explanation of the World It was a shelf–– a high...
