LeliaJul 43 minSaturn in Pisces: Do Effort and Surrender Go Together?Right now — and for the next several years — Saturn is transiting through Pisces, which calls for a bit of a stretch for many of us....
LeliaMar 12, 20224 minDesire in Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My NameIn Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde uses the erotic, or what Mary Karr might call the carnal, to deeply embed herself in her...
LeliaJan 11, 202210 minJane Austen, Joan Didion & Self-respectDon’t you think Persuasion the best Jane Austen novel ever? It’s by far my favorite. That’s kind of a joke because most characters in...
LeliaJan 8, 20223 minImagining 'Vague Days' Clearer through Writing*I’m experiencing a concatenation of ideas about writing, self-understanding and self-actualization. Joan Didion started it. After her...
LeliaDec 29, 20213 minAnam Cara, the Unlived Life and ShadowsI’m trying to reread Anam Cara, and I can’t stomach the pollyanna sunshine spiritual message. O’Donohue writes, “Light is the secret...