Letters from Dale

Exploring the Unknown in Mind & Heart

“Sharing my journey with readers, writers, storytellers, believers in mystery, and anyone engaged in the work of curiosity.”

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Seeking refuge beyond the edges of fear
Seeking refuge beyond the edges of fear

I’m sitting at my desk staring out at an ancient spruce that has been on this property for over a hundred years. If I could understand tree language, what would this stalwart elder tell me?.

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Finding the door to the world of the wild Self
Finding the door to the world of the wild Self

In Norse legend, the Jotunheimen Alps are called the “Home of the Giants,” home to jötnar (trolls). This morning, a friend of mine described his recent adventure trekking in that Norwegian wilderness, his face lit with a radiance I hadn’t seen before. . . .

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Wild Freedom. Want to know more?
Wild Freedom. Want to know more?

Would you like to go on a journey with me?

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Fierce Attachments: On the Companionship of Books
Fierce Attachments: On the Companionship of Books
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“So much world all at once”
“So much world all at once”
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Finding Refuge
Finding Refuge
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When Will We Cry?
When Will We Cry?
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What Does It Take to Live in the Moment?
What Does It Take to Live in the Moment?
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Only you can name what blossoms
Only you can name what blossoms
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Singing in the Dark Times
Singing in the Dark Times
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Look for the Wren: Finding Strength and Beauty Amid Chaos
Look for the Wren: Finding Strength and Beauty Amid Chaos
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Why We Need Poetry
Why We Need Poetry
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Finding Beauty in the Rubble
Finding Beauty in the Rubble
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Friends in a time of enmity
Friends in a time of enmity
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Only connect
Only connect
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What does a poem do for you?
What does a poem do for you?
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Living Forward, Understanding Backwards
Living Forward, Understanding Backwards
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The In-Between Time
The In-Between Time
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What I Didn’t Know I Knew
What I Didn’t Know I Knew
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Published! M, celebrating the heroic dimensions of women’s lives, my first poetry collection
Published! M, celebrating the heroic dimensions of women’s lives, my first poetry collection
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Seeing in the Dark
Seeing in the Dark
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Why We Need Dreams
Why We Need Dreams
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Let This Be a Time When…
Let This Be a Time When…
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Finding exuberance during difficult times
Finding exuberance during difficult times
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Endurance or Madness? Ironmans and the Writing Life
Endurance or Madness? Ironmans and the Writing Life
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Seeking Light as the Year Turns
Seeking Light as the Year Turns
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Listening and Knowing
Listening and Knowing
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Trauma, Memory, and the Courage to be Vulnerable
Trauma, Memory, and the Courage to be Vulnerable
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Our Tribe of the Imagination in the New Year
Our Tribe of the Imagination in the New Year
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The sweet glow keeps Georgia on my mind: when a cheesehead reads in the Peach State
The sweet glow keeps Georgia on my mind: when a cheesehead reads in the Peach State
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