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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Podcast: Ernestine Goes to Heaven by Susan Heeger 3 years, 5 months ago
Podcast: When a woman faces the loss of a beloved, aging pet, she finds herself confronting her own experience with age and death.
A short story performed by Jennifer Sims.
Read the story online: E […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Beached Whales by Spriggan Radfae 3 years, 5 months ago
When whales and porpoises beach themselves en masse, people react and mobilize in response to the tragedy. The sight of cetaceans dying from dehydration or drowning, and the inevitability of their slow, suffering […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Goal! by Spriggan Radfae 3 years, 6 months ago
Who am I?
Why am I here?
What do I want?
What do I offer?Last week, when I attended an event about purposeful living, a group of 10 people meditated briefly and answered these same questions. We had agreed […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Why Do I Have Happy Memories 3 years, 8 months ago
One summer evening, long after dusk, I was relaxing on a porch in a comfy chair next to a novelist I’d just met when she softly announced, “The stars in the sky look like an ocean. But I’m high, so maybe that’s […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Group Effort by Spriggan Radfae 3 years, 10 months ago
I like games. I like cooperative, team-building games in particular.
Here is a game called Midnight Adventure that I played in competition with several teams:
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Spriggan Radfae commented on the post, The Birds of Spring by Roselyn Elliott 3 years, 12 months ago
Rose, you are a woman after my own heart! I had never encountered the term biophilia, but I’ve heard the concept espoused many times before.
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Placeholder Son by Spriggan Radfae 4 years ago
Being disowned by your family is often an integral part of the queer experience. It’s a common story that I find is meticulously avoided in popular, escapist/pulp media—an effect of heterosexism that erases and d […]
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Spriggan Radfae commented on the post, A Dream To Disconnect, by Mathina Calliope 4 years ago
Mathina, I don’t relate, but I can empathize. From my alternate experience: “…precisely what is lacking in the social media world: loss of connection.” So… different but related: […]
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Spriggan Radfae commented on the post, A Place for the Genuine by Les Bares 4 years, 2 months ago
Les, you just summed up my experience this year! I got accepted by a journal that doesn’t use Submittable and they had a theme (first times) for their call. I’m glad you gave mention to those aspects of submitting […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, No Rules for Creation by Spriggan Radfae 4 years, 2 months ago
For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed being a creative person. I’ve occasionally been labeled “artsy-fartsy” or some similarly dismissive phrase. And I’ve struck back and used my own pejorative, the phrase […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, 2017 Pushcart Nominations 4 years, 4 months ago
2017 was an amazing year for Streetlight Magazine owing to the excellent content submitted by writers and poets from all over the world. Our editors chose six nominees for The Pushcart Prize (best of small […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, The Purpose of Mess: Food for Your Life by Day Schildkret 4 years, 5 months ago
Last week was a mess! Well, at least that’s what I’ve been told. In my purpose-coaching practice, I had four clients in a row who used the word “mess” to describe their life these days. One client said, “becaus […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Difficult Conversations of Multiculturalism 4 years, 6 months ago
Discussion about multiculturalism can have a polarizing effect on people and it often slides into train wreck conversations or initiates a war of words. People tend to pick sides based on affiliation and then […]
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Spriggan Radfae changed their profile picture 4 years, 7 months ago
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Spriggan Radfae commented on the post, What I Saw in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017 by Cora Schenberg 4 years, 9 months ago
Thanks for sharing this powerful personal story, Cora. I am still in shock that such wanton hate unfolded in our peaceful Charlottesville. I’m so glad your family survived the tragedy uninjured.
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Spriggan Radfae commented on the post, A Vast Bloom of Light 5 years, 2 months ago
Sharron, those nearly 80 years you’ve been around have refined your writing and artistry. This is a memoir filled with delicious visuals.
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Open-Mic Poetry Night 5 years, 2 months ago
For most of my youth, I lived in a secure blanket of belonging. I belonged to the groups of people that surrounded me at my school and church: white Christians, married couples with children (children like me), […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Writing About the Other 5 years, 4 months ago
Writing a story from a foreign or external perspective offers not only the reward of expanding your own awareness about people but can also lead to empathy for others that you may not have had before. To write […]
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Spriggan Radfae wrote a new post, Sue Eisenfeld: An Author's Journey to Publish Creative Nonfiction 5 years, 8 months ago
I recently interviewed my friend, Sue Eisenfeld, about her creative nonfiction writing, and it turns out she’s taught a range of courses and workshops at Johns Hopkins University in creative nonfiction. She’s […]
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Spriggan Radfae and
Tam Evans are now friends 5 years, 9 months ago
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