Colleen Wainwright writes a poem on her blog every Thursday and after reading her post today, I felt compelled to share a poem I wrote a few months back. 
I will dance my days filled with glee and sorrow. 
I will dance today. 
I will dance tomorrow. 
I will dance with others. 
I will dance alone. 
I will dance why not and just because.
I will dance ridiculous joy and fun.
I will dance for laughter.
I will dance for [...]

Freedom.    To be free.   To feel free.   Americans celebrate our independence from England every Fourth of July with parades and picnics, festive gatherings and firework displays, and plenty of whooping-it-up and hollering-it-out that we’re proud to be in the U.S.A.  It’s a great holiday for fun occasions and celebrations and it’s also a good day to remember what freedom means to you and to express that which you’re thankful for.  
This Sunday, people will have the opportunity to experience the [...]

It was all blue sky and sunshine that greeted us Beach Dancers on Saturday morning.   Knowing we would be on the beach for three hours that day, I was happy we would dance down to Haytack Rock in summer-like weather.   Every Beach Dance is a unique and wonderful experience however, this was probably the only time participants would dance a mile to reach a destination to participate in a demonstration.   
Those who chose to be a part of Beach Dance on Saturday [...]

Two weeks ago, one of the Beach Dance participants (Thanks, Karen!) told me about an event called Hands Across the Sand.   On Saturday, June 26, thousands of people will gather on America’s beaches to support clean energy resources and renewables and to stand together against off-shore oil drilling.  What attracted me to take part in this event was its powerful message and the way in which the event will be carried out.  Participants will join hands and [...]

I spent this past weekend dancing in Erie, Pennsylvania.   I had never been to that part of the country before and yet I felt like I was home.   Home, for me, is more about a feeling than a particular place.  While there are definitely some physical locations on this planet I’m more attracted to than others, the feeling of home is one that can occur anywhere where there is love and a [...]