Going to Santa Fe
Book Awards
The 2017 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards announced that Wave Rider was a finalist in two categories, first book and cover design – non-fiction. I was delighted to be a finalist. The awards dinner was scheduled for November 17th in Albuquerque. I was not a winner, but I was surrounded by dearest friends during this enjoyable evening. While the awards dinner was the impetus for my travels, my journey to the Land of Enchantment was magical.
Wave Rider available here!
Friends The opportunities to connect deeply with my friends in Santa Fe were food for my heart. Many of us met over meals which were food for my soul, and the weather was glorious and warm enough to eat outside in Santa Fe tradition. I had come home, and I was happy.
Star dreaming
The universe also blessed the timing of my visit with the visit of Maori Elder Pauline Tangiora of New Zealand. Grandmother Pauline was in route to Germany to receive the 2017 International Bremen Peace Award and wanted to visit with James Jereb of Stardreaming in Santa Fe. She and James have been friends for many years. The highlight of the ceremony at Stardreaming was Grandmother Pauline blessing the recently completed Grandchildren Circle and the Pyramid of Light. I felt so honored to witness this ceremony.
The Santa Fe Girls School
This school for 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls fosters a unique, powerful and creative learning environment. I have been a supporter of the school for a few years. One of my friends whom I contacted when I knew that I would be traveling to Santa Fe is on the Board of Trustees. She invited me to meet with the 8th grade poetry class.
Their poetry teacher is Joan Logghe, Poet in Residence at The Santa Fe Girls School and former Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joan challenged the girls to write poems based on the work Wave Rider. Each girl chose a quote from a poem; then wrote her own poem. Joan wrote “The girls responded deeply and beautifully to the quotes they chose.” I was invited to listen as each of the girls read her poem. Each girl spoke from her heart with wisdom and in alignment with themselves and each other. I have never been so honored.
I wrote in the Introduction to Wave Rider “In sharing these poems, I hope to provide some insight for others’ journeys and a reminder that none of us is alone.” Listening to the girls read their own poems, I was overcome with gratitude for the moment and understood that I had profoundly underestimated the possibilities of Wave Rider’s impact. Its audience is all of us. We can each take a line and make it our own. Wave Rider now belongs to the universe.
Rebecca Pott Fitton
November 2017
The 2017 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards announced that Wave Rider was a finalist in two categories, first book and cover design – non-fiction. I was delighted to be a finalist. The awards dinner was scheduled for November 17th in Albuquerque. I was not a winner, but I was surrounded by dearest friends during this enjoyable evening. While the awards dinner was the impetus for my travels, my journey to the Land of Enchantment was magical.Wave Rider available here!
Friends The opportunities to connect deeply with my friends in Santa Fe were food for my heart. Many of us met over meals which were food for my soul, and the weather was glorious and warm enough to eat outside in Santa Fe tradition. I had come home, and I was happy.
Star dreaming
The universe also blessed the timing of my visit with the visit of Maori Elder Pauline Tangiora of New Zealand. Grandmother Pauline was in route to Germany to receive the 2017 International Bremen Peace Award and wanted to visit with James Jereb of Stardreaming in Santa Fe. She and James have been friends for many years. The highlight of the ceremony at Stardreaming was Grandmother Pauline blessing the recently completed Grandchildren Circle and the Pyramid of Light. I felt so honored to witness this ceremony.
The Santa Fe Girls School
This school for 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls fosters a unique, powerful and creative learning environment. I have been a supporter of the school for a few years. One of my friends whom I contacted when I knew that I would be traveling to Santa Fe is on the Board of Trustees. She invited me to meet with the 8th grade poetry class.Their poetry teacher is Joan Logghe, Poet in Residence at The Santa Fe Girls School and former Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joan challenged the girls to write poems based on the work Wave Rider. Each girl chose a quote from a poem; then wrote her own poem. Joan wrote “The girls responded deeply and beautifully to the quotes they chose.” I was invited to listen as each of the girls read her poem. Each girl spoke from her heart with wisdom and in alignment with themselves and each other. I have never been so honored.
I wrote in the Introduction to Wave Rider “In sharing these poems, I hope to provide some insight for others’ journeys and a reminder that none of us is alone.” Listening to the girls read their own poems, I was overcome with gratitude for the moment and understood that I had profoundly underestimated the possibilities of Wave Rider’s impact. Its audience is all of us. We can each take a line and make it our own. Wave Rider now belongs to the universe.
Rebecca Pott Fitton
November 2017
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