I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.

Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal.

Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.

No matter how many vitamins you take, how much Pilates, you'll lose your keys, your hair and your memory.

Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.

Allow yourself to release the emotions you have struggled all your life to contain.