Risking Delight
Finding Hope, Memoir, Ranch LifeCyn Carbonememoir, poetry, Jack Gilbert, Robert Hubbell, John Lewis, political commentary, democracy, family, grandparenting
Not Silent
Commentary, Finding Hope, MemoirCyn CarboneRilke, protests, hope, Santa Barbara, memoir, poetry, ee cummings, change
Beyond the Broken Heart
Friends, Memoir, Finding Hope, Nature, Poetry, Ranch Life, TeachingCyn CarboneCory Booker, music, friends, poetry, community, hope, Mary Oliver, nature
On A Day Like This
Friends, Memoir, Finding Hope, Family History, CommentaryCyn Carbonespringtime, ranch life, friends, family, my father, history, politics, resilience, letters, coping, Tess Taylor, Rilke, poetry
With This Knowledge
Memoir, Friends, Family HistoryCyn Carbonememoir, poetry, Ranch life, Gaviota writers, family history, friends, community, Wendell Berry, Mary Oliver, Alberto Rios
I Go To School
Memoir, Finding Hope, Friends, Poetry, Ranch LifeCyn Carboneschool, learning, finding hope, one-room schoolhouse, teaching, poetry, Seamus Heaney, friends
Maybe We Shall Know Each Other Better
Finding Hope, Memoir, Commentary, PoetryCyn Carbonememoir, poetry, Louis MacNiece, finding hope, grief, wonder, my daughter, wisdom, being older
Strength and Vulnerability
Memoir, Friends, PoetryCyn Carbonememoir, poetry, childhood, memory, reflections, friends, Lisel Mueller, Andrea Gibson
Little Soul
MemoirCyn Carbonememoir, W.S. Merwin, William Stafford, poetry, wisdom, 1970s, Syracuse, finding meaning, making sense, C.S. Lewis