Earth and Women on International Women’s Day 2019

Where is Earth in us as women? She has been stolen. Ripped out of our bodies. Our unique connection to Her has been stripped, mined, polluted, mocked, silenced, shredded for years by a society that wants us nothing. Wants us a landscape without wolves. No longer. Though we have been taught to run from Earth …

The Stars are Stuffed with Far Too Many Words

A poem about stars and writing about them.

Why Spirituality Fails Without Environmental Action

Let's say your home is on fire. Say you're on your way to church or meditation group when you answer your phone to panic on the other end: there are flames. Mile-high. And not only is your home on fire, but the entire neighborhood, the farm down the road, the forest behind your house--all are swelling …

Should Humans Own Pets?

I think very much about how very little we care for the animals we call ours. I think of the dog owned by a family I used to babysit for. He was at least part boxer, high-energy, friendly, somewhat insane, and kept on a short chain in the backyard. The last time I remember seeing …

My Blind Brother, Who Went Insane

A haibun about the sudden, life-threatening illness of a loved one.

Object Lessons: Communicating Sexuality in the LDS Church

There was no sugarcoating it, speaking in parables, or anything else: I thought that...it was up to me and all women to carry the violence of all men not only in our bodies, but in our spirits too.

A Quick Introduction

An introduction to a new blog, unclipped, by sarah ann woodbury.