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This interview features award-winning Ukiah poet Armand Brint. Holding an MFA in creative writing and English, Armand has devoted his life to teaching and writing poetry. Widely published in literary journals, he is also the author of four, soon to be five, volumes of poetry, as well as a book on writing poetry called, “Bringing Poems to Life: 16 Keys to Make Your Poems Sing.”

KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program featuring Holly Stiel of Thank You Very Much, Inc. This interview features award-winning author, trainer and public speaker Holly Stiel, who is renowned world wide […]

Back in 2001, after a single lesson with my friend CyberSam, I pretty much taught myself how to use Dreamweaver and created a website called “snakelyone.com”. That was back in the day of visual web counters, and my website got over 1 million hits in the first year. It was the salad days of content on the internet, as there wasn’t so much other than academic exchange and dorking out […]

A glimse into the now with Star Yantra. Star Yantra is a poetry artcar that started as a black, 1997 SL500 Mercedes convertible. Using a limited palette of five metallic leaf acrylics, blended to create the colors you see, I sought to convey cosmic joy, a reflection of earth in the sky mirror. A hand painted collage of poetry, dreamscapes & sacred images, Star Yantra is an magical bridge to the world of limitless possibilities. […]

Listen to KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program which aired on Thursday, June 1. Host Blake More interviewed award winning poet Gail Newman. The recording features a lively mix of poetry, […]

The covid continues. Such an interesting opportunity to be in witness.
This offering was inspired when creating a poetry lesson for youth of all ages called “Life After ~ Integrating the New You. Sometimes I am struck by a torrent of language. This is one such instance — and in it I realize I am a “political spiritual” poet. The meeting of the two fascinates me…

So everyone is talking about when the quarantine is going to be lifted. Some states are already allowed to incorporate some activity, and although many of us in California have to wait a few more weeks, we might as well imagine what it might look like when we start to put our toes back into the water of our collective gathering spots…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, April 30 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino author and therapist Alena Guest. Maintaining safe distances by talking […]

What do interesting people do to combat boredom besides looking it up in the dictionary? Well, for starters, they do anything but say “I’m bored.” That’s because boring is a state of mind, and by all accounts, you have to be pretty boring yourself to actually be bored. Seriously, life is full of…

As first published by Yoga Journal in May 1997, by Blake More…What do you do when your yoga practice becomes just one more way of telling yourself you’re not good enough? A few summers ago, I took a two-week teacher training course in southern California. During the training, two-thirds of the 24 women present admitted to having a troubled relationship with food. At least six—including myself—had once been hard-core…

Co-conspirators and hosts of the annual Dragons’ Breath Theatre, Fred Mitouer and Blake More like to talk meta. They speak in what Fred likes to call “shorthand”, and they have been talking like this for over 20 years. And since Blake likes technology, the two of them decided she would record one or five of their beloved […]

Looks like masks are the new black!!  Health, community and de rigueur fashion have always been my forte, so not surprisingly, I joined the Mendocino Mask Makers Facebook group (which […]

I had a few teachers ask me to create an online lesson so my students could feel my energy in the request for writing. The result is this multimedia lesson for coping and creating during our online-learning, “shelter in place” time. This lesson is completely stand alone, and can be read, watched, and/or listened to. It is almost like I’m in the classroom with you!  

Hosted and organized by Blake More, this long-running Poets & Writers sponsored poetry event is held on the third Thursday of the month at the Arena Market & Cafe, 185 […]