INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #28 Heavy Happiness

Freedom Flight is a drawing by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #28 Heavy Happiness When I was five, I asked my mother, “Why is my big sister mean to me?”… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #28 Heavy Happiness

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #27 Aurora Borealis And Working Girls

Heavenly Bodies is a painting by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #27 Aurora Borealis And Working Girls The only way for me to get the 1,284 miles from Libby Montana… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #27 Aurora Borealis And Working Girls

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #26 Stevedores On The Unsalted Sea

Snow Dance Japanese Cranes is a painting by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #26 Stevedores On The Unsalted Sea Behind the Longshoremen’s Hall at five in the morning, the great lake was ominous… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #26 Stevedores On The Unsalted Sea

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #25 Owl Eyes

Chrysanthemum Cranes is a drawing by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #25 Owl Eyes When I returned to Duluth for a visit and decided to stay, I had trouble making… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #25 Owl Eyes

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #24 Deported Transported

Anhinga Kimono is a drawing by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #24 Deported Transported On my way to a remote island off the west coast of British Columbia, I got… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #24 Deported Transported

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #23 The Veils Reveal What Is Concealed

Migration Across Moon is a painting by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #23 The Veils Reveal What Is Concealed It is said that Halloween is when the veil between worlds is thinnest.… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #23 The Veils Reveal What Is Concealed

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #22 Muffins And Magic

Nest In Lavender Wattled Crane is a drawing by Clare Cooley featured in her memoir Incandescence Rising Above Darkness

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #22 Muffins And Magic Marisha considered flirting an art form. She wanted to teach me the basics even though,… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #22 Muffins And Magic

INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #21 The Rope Swing And The I Ching

Stick Tossing Siberian Crane drawing by Clare Cooley for blog

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. What Happens When Your Father Tries To Get You To Marry The Man You Left? Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #21 The Rope Swing… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #21 The Rope Swing And The I Ching

INCANDESCENCE: Close To Death We May Be Closest To Life

Peace At Sea drawing by Clare Cooley for Blog

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #20 Sea Sick Soul Seeks Serenity He looked like a painting of Jesus with his golden hair landing on… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Close To Death We May Be Closest To Life

INCANDESCENCE: We Can Know Things That We Cannot Explain

Japanese Crane Mating Dance Posing, Trumpeting, Mating, Afterglow drawings by Clare Cooley for blog

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #19 The Clairvoyant Dance Contestant The train clicked down the track with a constant rhythm for my first trip… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: We Can Know Things That We Cannot Explain