Marjorie Robertson
A Constellation of Selves at Mardi Gras
Dum spectas, fugit hora: carpe diem. (motto on a sundial, Wolsingham County, England) Whilst thou art looking, the hour is flying: seize...
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Marjorie Robertson
Marjorie Robertson
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
monsoon, AZ by Sean Robertson
I feel romance and beauty--- the sublime forces of nature Dominate the moment the subtle drone the easy glare of a prolific louder past....
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Marjorie Robertson
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
The morning reading: Throwback Thursday at TER!
This week’s Throwback Thursday highlights the possibility of hope in darkness. Outside my window at dawn, it is late spring, birds are...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 30, 2022
- 1 min
The Morning Pages: Braiding Sweetgrass
You know how a book (or a person or a message) comes to you at the exact time you need it? This book was published years ago but came to...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
Stargazing in the Southwest
the night sky over Zion National Park (photo: National Park Service) A backpack, a flashlight, a sweater, water. Your friend takes hold...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 12, 2022
- 1 min
Throwback Thursday!
These writings, inspired by breathtaking art, break through our distracted busyness and unbelieving to remind us of our ability to hear...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min
Throwback Thursday from The Ekphrastic Review
Guest Editor Marjorie Robertson Reading through posts in The Ekphrastic Review archives for this week, I was amazed by the variety of...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Apr 11, 2022
- 4 min
Orange and Yellow
My short story, "Orange and Yellow," was just published on The Ekphrastic Review. It was inspired by Rothko's painting below. Untitled...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min
Throwback Thursday from The Ekphrastic Review
During these pre-springtime days in March, when it feels like an in-between time, and the news stays with me as I try to fall asleep, I’m...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
Housekeeping
Housekeeping by Natasha Trethewey We mourn the broken things, chair legs wrenched from their seats, chipped plates, the threadbare...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Premonition
''Premonition'' by Henryk Weyssenhoff (oil on canvas, c.1893) Come in little children Sit by the fire I will tell you a story The night...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Jul 24, 2021
- 3 min
Creating the Immeasurable One Sip at a Time
Our lives are a series of measurements. We measure the number of steps we take. We worry over the shifting cost of gas and a bag of...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
Twyla Tharp: you be you
In an interview with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air," April 8, 2021, Twyla Tharp says she looked at herself realistically and aimed to work...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Oct 15, 2020
- 1 min
Remembering music, remembering us
Probably like some of you, I've been grieving on multiple levels. It’s hard to put into words because the list of horrors is long. For...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Jul 16, 2020
- 4 min
"Wild Hearts Don't Break: 1980"
Meissen in Winter, by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (Germany) 1854 Rumor has it she hung out on the street corner to attract attention. I heard...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." ~From "Evidence" by Mary Oliver If you watched only a few popular movies and t.v....
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Marjorie Robertson
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
Poetry for physical distancing: "Stars" by Louise Glück
I'm awake, I am in the world-- I expect no further assurance. No protection, no promise. Solace of the night sky, the hardly moving face...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Feb 12, 2020
- 2 min
Travelogue: Western Oregon
Have you ever experienced a place as déjà-vu? As someplace you swear you’ve been at an earlier time? With a birthday approaching, I’ve...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
musical healing
Perhaps one of the most overlooked tools in recovering from illness is distraction. The mind is a tricky thing—a wanderer, a talker who...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Apr 29, 2018
- 1 min
“First Memory” by Louise Glück
Long ago, I was wounded. I lived to revenge myself against my father, not for what he was— for what I was: from the beginning of time, in...
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