HARVESTING LOVE:
Finding Love in Unexpected (& Expected) Places
“Giving voice, communicating, is a sacred way to free love.”
Ani’s Harvesting Love blog is dedicated to releasing the energy of love into the world.
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Celebrating Our Creativity
"Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. . . . Say yes quickly, if you know it, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe."~ RumiThis article was originally published in BODY MIND SPIRIT MAGAZINE in 1996. AN ANTHROPOLOGIST IS ENTHRALLED...
ORANGE STARS
A poem harvested from my forthcoming (2023) memoir, Angels on the Clothesline. I am so enthused to be sharing this vignette—the first being shared from my memoir, Angels on the Clothesline, due to be published in 2023. Stay tuned for a cover reveal and more! ORANGE...
Garlic, laughter and the 4th of July
Some memories remain with us and almost sparkle when we turn towards them. I am sharing one of those, thankful to have “captured” the moment in a poem.I was 25 (just feeling into that is amazing enough!). It was the summer I planted my first garden. What I harvested...
Learning from Women
Set in the 1700s in what is now western Ukraine, The Tremble of Love, A Novel of the Baal Shem Tov features a number of powerful and inspiring women. Honoring women and children was among the blessings that the Baal Shem Tov brought to his time and to all time.I...
Our Grief is Our Love
Set in the 1700s in what is now western Ukraine, The Tremble of Love, A Novel of the Baal Shem Tov has been described as a meditation on the indomitable power of Love.I am grateful for the opportunity to read to you again and in this way to meet again at the well of...
A Daughter’s Hunger to Learn
Set in the 1700s in what is now western Ukraine, The Tremble of Love, A Novel of the Baal Shem Tov has been described as a meditation on the indomitable power of Love. Among the novel's timeless themes is the transformative presence and wisdom of women. This week's...
The Power of Compassion
I am so grateful for the opportunity to read to you again from The Tremble of Love. It is my hope that our "meeting" here at this well of Love adds to the love holding our world now.Set in what is now western Ukraine, The Tremble of Love, A Novel of the Baal Shem Tov...
Ani Reads the Opening of Chapter One
I am so grateful for the opportunity to read to you again from The Tremble of Love, to meet at the inner well of love, be nourished and share our love with others.Set in what is now western Ukraine, The Tremble of Love, A Novel of the Baal Shem Tov illuminates...
Listen to Preface & Author’s Note read by Ani
I was inspired on a recent walk to read aloud to you from The Tremble of Love that we might meet at the inner well of Love.As those of you who have read The Tremble of Love know, the novel illuminates timeless themes, including the power of Love. Now, as much if not...
IF MY LIFE WERE A CARTOON
If my life were a cartoon... I would like it to be a colorful one. I used to think my life was—or I wanted it to be—inhabited by Mighty Mouse. In the monthly Dance of the Letters Writing Circles I have the honor to host in my home for Women over 60, I offer “sparks,”...
GOING DEEPER: An Intimate Conversation (Part Two)
This is Part Two of my interview with Marcie Sclove on “Going Deeper.” You can find Part One here. As I wrote when sharing Part One in the previous post: Marcie’s questions, which she had not shared in advance, led me into surprising territory, replete with...
GOING DEEPER: An Intimate Conversation (Part One)
It was my honor and pleasure to be Marcie Sclove's guest on her inspiring program "Going Deeper." Marcie's questions (which she had not shared in advance), led me into surprising territory, replete with spontaneity, vulnerability, memory, revelation and joy. The...
Vigil of Light
What right did I have to happiness in the face of the nightmarish brutality my parents had faced in the Holocaust, and given the ongoing injustices suffered by countless others throughout the world?
The Gift of Presence
How the inestimable gift of one person's presence made all the difference... There are many behind-the-scenes stories related to the writing of The Tremble of Love: A Novel of the Baal Shem Tov. This is one of the big ones: a turning point moment in which an earthly...
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