YIKES!!! It's the end of April. What happened to Feb. and March? I just got back from Artfest, my favorite art retreat. I can't think of anything better then spending 4 days at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Wa with 500 other wild mixed-media collage, assemblage, etc. artists. Pictures to follow, when ever I get around to it. I do have to say my favorite class was called "Crazy Love Poems" facilitated by Susan G. Wooldridge (author of PoemCrazy and Foolsgold--must haves!). She posed a question to me that rocked my socks....."Who Are You?" A simple question on the surface. It cracked me wide open and I burst into tears. I didn't know how to answer it, or that I was so closed down. So I'm taking on this question as a spiritual quest. I think that by now (54 or so) I should be able to answer that question or at least see a glimmer of my light shining through all the cracks. Below are my first 3 haiku in response to the question.

"Who Are You?"

I'm a great big blob
Life's sorrows stuffed deep inside
Carbohydrate friends

I'm a river swift
My emotions flowing strong
Wash away the past

I'm head-strong, heart-soft
My emotions on my sleeve
Nothing secret here?