Local Voices

By Guest Blogger Linda Cousins-Newton, "The Brooklyn Storyteller" A storyteller, writer, artist tends to see a story, beauty, history just about everywhere.

By Guest Blogger Linda Cousins-Newton, "The Brooklyn Storyteller" As a long-time Brooklyn-based ancestral storyteller and writer, I enjoy, relish and grow from the adventures and lessons of life.

Alex Tavis as the fossil fuel industry mogul Frank, being fired upon by George Bartenieff as Uncle, an environmentalist, and Kathleen Purcell as Annie: "The wind turbine works!" in "Extreme Whether" Photo: Beatriz Schiller By Guest Blogger, Karen Mal

Me in the kitchen with my dogs as puppies Photo: Rod Morrison By guest blogger Karen Malpede After nearly 24 years as good tenants, sometimes even friends, our landlady has chosen to take us to housing court in order to evict us from the Clinton Hill

Photo: "Zonnestralen" by Onderwijsgek — Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons My workshop, Calling in the One Unapologetically, officially started last week on September 18th 2014.

Two pieces this week... Both are about animals, and the message is that animals are an important part of who we are. They reflect the parts of ourselves that don't use language as we know it... That is, words.

The simple pleasures and treasures in life are often overlooked, under-appreciated and shamefully relegated to the nostalgia bin in our self-declared, busy lives and it's no time like the present to stop and take them in.

Hand-Lettered Art By Harriet Faith - Week 31 Of Year Long Hand Lettering Project - Quote From Hamlet by Wm.

Photo: Karen Malpede By Guest Blogger Karen Malpede A cocker spaniel pup and an errant bullet ricocheting around the living room caused us to seek a new apartment closer to the ground and further from Myrtle Ave.

Submitted by guest blogger William A. Gillespie, MD With the back to school season in full swing, now is a good time for families to make sure children are in good physical health and ready to learn.