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Gina Greenlee, Author

2 days ago1 min read

The Tom Robbins Reader

“My goal has been to twine ideas and images into big subversive pretzels of life, death and goofiness on the chance they might help keep...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 23, 20245 min read

I “worked” The Artist’s Way in 1994, a year after I moved to Connecticut. I say, “worked” not read. If you read it and do not follow the...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 17, 20232 min read

Quotes from Revolution from Within: A Book of Self Esteem by Gloria Steinem True Self The point of the journey is not just the healing....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 3, 20231 min read

“If you’re in a coalition and you’re comfortable, you know it’s not a broad enough coalition.” Bernice Johnson-Reagon “There is no place...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 5, 20232 min read

Until I saw it, I didn’t know I needed to witness Leonard Cohen skipping off stage at the end of a London performance to the beat of...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 30, 20221 min read

Acclaimed Canadian physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté has worked for decades in Vancouver as a family physician, palliative care...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 7, 20223 min read

In 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 10, 20211 min read

Kudos to the library for coming up with Summer Reading Bingo, a fun way to inspire people to read outside of their comfort zone. I’ve...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 31, 202111 min read

◊ ◊ ◊ Yep. I never was like anybody else. Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami ◊ ◊ ◊ Comparison is the thief of almost...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 27, 20205 min read

While browsing an old library issue of The New Yorker Magazine, an advertisement with this poem caught my eye: READ. Read widely,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 25, 20202 min read

From the young adult novel, Saturday, the Twelfth of October by Norma Fox Mazer: “On an afternoon in October, walking home from school,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 19, 20202 min read

From The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter “I was born a knot like my mother and her mother before her. Picture three women with their torsos...