http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:39:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out my podcast that has me reading a poem about my experience with the 1965 floods on the St. Croix River, when I was a teen and filling sandbags alongside prisoners. Cynthia http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2008/06/14/filling-sandbags-for-the-flood/ 6/4/08 Check out my podcast called, Poem for Obama and McCain, where I read my poem Please Use These Words for Children. It is time to change the direction of this country. Cynthia http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2008/06/04/poem-for-obama-and-mccain/ 5/14/08    Forgive My Traspassing  Come and visit me at the White Pine Arts Festival in Stillwater MN from the week of June 17th -22nd, and look up the festival on the web for its busy schedule. I'll be conducting workshops and doing a reading at Belwin Nature Center on Sunday June ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2008/05/14/white-pine-arts-festival/ April 9, 2008 I am deeply disappointed in the latest ELCA sexuality study. I have written a poem called "The Poem That Needs to be Written" and I read it on this month's podcast (click podcast icon.) Cynthia http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2008/04/09/response-to-latest-elca-sexuality-study/ 1/9/08  Frozen Ground On my January podcast I read the poem "Frozen Ground" and discuss ways to think about what needs to be thawed in your own life. There is also a poetry prompt in the podcast. What will this year bring that will thaw long forgotten or neglected issues, projects, ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2008/01/09/new-year-changes/ Quiet Christmas 12/4/2007 It's only the beginning of December and already the holiday has taken over everyone's sanity. How do we manage the holiday to our own liking? Tune into my podcast (called Quiet Christmas) where I read a poem about my childhood Christmases and discuss how to keep the ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2007/12/04/quiet-christmas/ Thanksgiving and Food 10/25/07 Is food a problem on Thanksgiving? Or is food the solution on Thanksgiving? Tune in to my podcast of the same name and hear me read "Comfort" a poem from my book Re-Versing the Numbers: A Poetry Workbook for Eating Disorders, about comfort foods. I discuss how ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2007/10/25/thanksgiving-and-food/ Loss, 10/03/07 It is October and I have been to two funerals already. The days are shorter, the weather is cooler, and the issue of loss is closer at hand. Tune into my podcast, named Loss, to hear a discussion and poem about what loss means to us, and how our ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2007/10/03/loss/ Body Image 9/12/07 Are you dissatisfied with the way your body looks? Join the human race. We all know our foibles, don't we? But how important is it to have the perfect body? Listen to my PODCAST called "Body Image" where I read my poem called "Image" from my book Re-Versing ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2007/09/12/body-image/ At the Beach  August, 2007 I hope you've had some time at the beach this summer. Check out my podcast (of the same name) where I read a poem called Walking on Sand, about different kinds of people at the beach, and then discuss how observant they are. It asks questions ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/blog/2007/08/22/at-the-beach/