Category Archives: spirituality

Brother Francis and Brother Mitt

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

The other day I passed a house with two icons in the yard. The contradiction between them was so glaring it pierced me. One was a statue of Saint Francis, or as he preferred to be called, Brother Francis. The … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged election, poverty, St. Francis, values | 3 Comments

The power of we, multiplied

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today is Blog Action Day 2012, and bloggers around the world are thinking and writing about “The Power of We,” highlighting themes of community, equality, and freedom. What better day to talk about the wider circle of friends taking part … Continue reading →

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The TNB self-interview

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

The Nervous Breakdown is a site to be explored at leisure—poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by published and emerging writers plus reviews of music and arts & culture. One feature they offer is self-interviews by emerging writers, and I was honored to … Continue reading →

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To be generous: Yoga with Wendy Bramlett

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

As I enter this happy season of launching my new book, my heart and thoughts also travel to two people I was close to who died over the summer. This is truly a “textured time,” as a poet friend of … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, spirituality, writing | Tagged body intelligence, earth intelligence, listening, living and dying, nonviolence, peace, Wendy Bramlett, writing, yoga | 16 Comments

Aspenfest

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

We headed up to the national forest yesterday, just outside Rocky Mountain National Park. The aspens were glorious, at their peak in many places. Heading onto a rough and pitted dirt road, we found beautiful stands of trees twinkling in … Continue reading →

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John Muir and the calypsos

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

John Muir—I learned this week—was an avid lover of calypso orchids (Calypso bulbosa or Calypso borealis). He discovered them in his twenties in Ontario, Canada, where he was knocking about working as an inventor in a factory and “botanizing” on … Continue reading →

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Loss and gain and Angel DeLuna

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

A few years ago an author called me. Would I edit his book? It was a special book, he said with fire in his voice. It was a parable. Everything stood for something else. I glanced at his manuscript. The … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, spirituality, writing | Tagged death and rebirth, descent to the underworld, Inanna, music, musical theater, theater | 2 Comments