Archive - Maya’s Substack

An ekphrastic poem after Tania Bruguera's Tatlin's Whisper #5

May 1 •

April 2025

It's National Poetry Month. Here is a poem about listening - a reminder to myself to turn the radio off and listen to the birds this April.

Apr 16 •

February 2025

For the past five years, I’ve been part of a generative writing group, that meets Wednesday nights on Zoom.

Feb 26 •

January 2025

On fires and gates...

Jan 29 •

On 12/12, I swam with a friend and fellow breast cancer survivor in the waters of San Francisco Bay.

Jan 1 •

October 2024

October 31, 2024

Warning: the following broadcast is not suitable for all audiences. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on November 1, 2018.

Oct 31, 2024 •

On Gold and Other Longings...

Scraps from my material archive

Oct 15, 2024 •

September 2024

Our Canyon Community

Infinite walks in Glen Canyon

Sep 19, 2024 •

Echium Wildpretti

The volunteer Tower of Jewels on our wild hillside

Sep 5, 2024 •

A late summer recipe...

Sep 3, 2024 •

August 2024

Two drafts of the best tree

Aug 26, 2024 •

July 2024

Letter of Recommendation – Traveling Alone

Reading García Márquez in the Southern Hemisphere

Jul 11, 2024 •

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