June Bloom: Sun-Drenched Days and Creative Sparks
Greetings,
Hello from early summer’s sparkly sunny evenings. It’s a whirlwind time (emphasis on wind) with the end of the school year, graduations, and Gemini birthdays (including mine!) and I’m also currently focused on our gardens—albeit in a very minimal way and lots of events.
I’ll be using this space as an actual newsletter now and only sending once a month. I’ll link here to all my blog posts and you can click through to read them if you like! I’ll also announce any workshops, events, updates, and any seasonal discounts (yes, see below!) for newsletter subscribers.
Film Screening
The Bolinas Film Festival will present a Friday the Thirteenth screening of our locally-produced indie rom-com Werewolf Serenade as part of its year-round Filmmaker’s Lounge series. Tickets to the screening are free and can be reserved online via dhowl.com/bolinas-wolf (a suggested $10 donation to support community arts is encouraged). 7–9pm, Friday, June 13, at the Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Road, Bolinas. Come join us there!
Made Local Magazine
I’m the editor of Made Local Magazine. You can pick up our early summer May/June issue around Sonoma County or read it online here.
Summer Discount
Take 10% off anything in my shop (except for anything linked to Amazon) from now until June 30 with coupon code summer solstice.
Writing Workshops
Ready Set Write! Women’s Writing Workshop. 5:30-7:30 pm Monday, June 9 at Keller CoWork in Petaluma. Last one of these for the Summer! Learn more and register here.
Spark Writers Group
Join me online in the Spark Writers Group. I give a weekly prompt and you post your work in the chat for feedback from me and the group.
SparkTarot® Decks
There’s a second edition of the SparkTarot® Deck and Guidebook coming! They will arrive in a few months. The price will be going up from $49.95 to $65.95, but I still have a limited amount of first edition decks left for sale now at the original price so get them while you can!
From the Blog Archives
I moved a few of my favorite substack posts to my website blog, where I will be writing posts like these from now on. Right now, you can revisit some of these favorites, plus a few from my other blogs.
The Liberated Writer: Carolyn Cooke
Isn’t That Just Preaching to the Choir?
Can You Step into the Same River Twice?
She’s Not the Muse, She’s the Artist
Unlock Your Intuition with Tarot
Do You Have to be Gifted a Tarot Deck?
Countdown to the Petaluma Poetry Walk and Plagios
Currently Inspired by and Recommend:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Work of Art by Adam Moss
Sonoma County Literary Update (I have a poem featured!)
In Conclusion
I hope you have a wonderful June and I will be back in July with updates for you about my spontaneous trip to Paris!
With gratitude,
Kary