Hello,

I am so glad you are here. Truly. 

What you will find here are dispatches from a small, creative life, along with occasional memoir-ish essays.

Though technically an award-winning poet, I’m probably proudest of the blogs I’ve been writing for 15 years. They are testament to my belief that we can all find space for creative work between the lines and in the margins of the quotidian stuff that has to get done (you know: making money, caring for loved ones, getting a reasonably healthy meal on the table), and that such work deserves the place we make for it, no matter what form it takes or how we share it with the world.

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With a subscription, you’ll get new posts in your email and you’ll boost my spirits. I’m a writer who needs readers. I hope you’ll be one of them.

If you’ve read this far, thank you! Let’s meet in the comments. I can’t wait to talk with you about the questions, challenges, and joys that come with living a small creative life.

xoxo Rita

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Dispatches from a small, creative life