It’s my 40th wedding anniversary tomorrow. I reflect on what makes marriages strong and lasting. Cynthia 40th anniversary.mp3

Does spring invigorate you, or make you more depressed because you don’t feel the promise of new life? Tune in to this month’s podcast about being alone, or being lonely. There is a difference. What can you do to feel more alive? Cynthia alone or lonely.mp3

Has anyone ever said that God doesn’t give you more than you can endure? Did it make you furious? It does that to me. Listen to my podcast where I read a poem about that phrase, and what to do about it. More Than We Can Endure.mp3

Change was a campaign buzz word, but now we are having to live that change. What does that mean for you? Are there some changes that you cannot or will not get used to? What changes are positive? Listen to this podcast where I read the poem “Cowbird and Robin” and think about the changes in your life and your world. Cynthia Gustavson Getting Used to Change.mp3

This is the time of year when the earth rests under the snow, the tree doesn’t have to perform, and the lilies rest in their bulbs safely underground. Tune into this podcast where I read my poem Snowy Morning in Oklahoma, and discuss the earth’s, and our, cycle of cutting back. Winter_Morning.mp3

It is a week after the historic election of Barack Obama. What a thrill and triumph. But at the same time 4 states chose to go backwards in human relations in their legislation to limit the freedoms of LGBT people. Listen to my poem called, The Poem That Needs to be Written, and a discussion of the subject.Election_Congrats_and_Shame.mp3

Tune into my podcast where I read the poem “Visions and Visitors” about lying in bed as a child and hearing the field mice scratch in my walls in October, and what it has to do  with Halloween, the yearly ritual of fear. halloween.mp3

I dedicate this podcast to the memory of my mother Dorothy Knoblauch Blomquist Jorgenson who died 8/08/08. I read the poem “Sea Glass” and discuss grief and loss. mothers death.mp3