I'm a member of The International Association for the Study of Dreams. They are holding their annual conference at the Doubletree Inn June 13-17, 2020. The public is welcome. I heartily recommend the conference because of all you'll learn and experience and the terrific folk who love talking about their dreams. It's fantastic good fun.
http://iasdconferences.org/2020/keynotes-and-invited-speakers/
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Sunday, February 9, 2020
UPCOMING ANTHOLOGY - WOMEN WRONGED
WOMEN WRONGED
Discrimination, Repression, & Sexism from the Sixties to Now
Ms. Toby Fesler Heathcotte, Editor
In this anthology, wise women tell poignant stories of their efforts to overcome discrimination, prejudice, repression, sexism, and marginalization in their lives. These authors give hope, discernment, and support to young women embarking on their own journeys today.
Contributing Essayists: Eyvonne Carter-Riley, Kathleen Cook, Marcia Farrell, Valerie Foster, Monique Gerbaud, Rita Heathcotte, Toby Fesler Heathcotte, Marilyn June Janson, Jan Nichols, Constance Osterlitz, Tamara Poff, Jane Ruby, Vijaya Schartz, Writer Anonymous
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Time Travel to 1968
Beware
if you decide to time travel to your own past. It's filled with emotional
triggers. CNN's recent retrospective on 1968 was difficult to watch. Few events
in my life evoke the same emotion on recollection as they did in the moment. The
assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy evoke that for
me.
In
1968, my husband and I were taking graduate class work at Indiana University.
Our sons attended preschool. We lived in married housing where we had a clunky
17- inch black and white TV. On it, I watched Bobby give citizens of
Indianapolis the terrible news of King's death. They didn't riot as many
outraged citizens did in other major cities. Somehow he forged hope in them to
temper their grief, the sign of a great leader.
Two
weeks later, Bobby gave a speech in the I U auditorium. I waited outside with
four thousand fellow students. When they opened the doors, I almost got crushed
against the glass. Fortunately a classmate whisked me inside, and we all found
seats near the front. Bobby gave details of a foreign policy designed to end
the war in Viet Nam and our role as the world's policeman, the main reason I
intended to vote for him. I felt afraid for my country, that the war could go
on long enough to snuff out my sons. He gave us hope for peace. Bobby won the
Indiana primary and went on to California to follow King in death.
These
two men offered a message of hope for justice and peace. Fifty years later I still
grieve because no one has taken up their mantle of impassioned service. Emotional
triggers can be bad as in causing me to cry or good as in leading me to write
something to share with my friends.
Peace!
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
My First Review of Backlight
“Backlight: A Fesler Family
Chronicle” by Toby Fesler Heathcotte is a beautifully written account of the
authors endeavor to trace her family’s genealogy, in an effort to better
understand how one’s heritage helped determine who they are today.
Heathcotte did extensive background research, ancestral
searches and interviews with living family members to gain the information on her
family history. I thought this read would be one that would only benefit the
Fesler family; however, I was quite intrigued by how ingenious the families
were in the quest to survive, and how life was from 1684 to 1969. The author
provided vivid descriptions of events, and I felt like I transported through
history with the incredible narrative.
I thoroughly enjoyed "Backlight: A Fesler Family
Chronicle" by Toby Fesler Heathcotte. It was informative, meaningful, and
beautifully written.
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (11/17)
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Backlight Historical Novel Released
Backlight, A Fesler Family Chronicle
In the theatre, a backlight illuminates the shapes of the actors and
the set but masks the details to create illusory truth. Backlight tells the shadow tale of a family’s trek across
continents and generations. One family journeyed from Switzerland in the 1600s
through Germany to Pennsylvania Colony in the 1700s, into Indiana in the 1800s,
and then to Arizona in the 1900s, always searching for a better life.
The Fesler saga mirrors the experiences of millions of Americans, no
matter their heritage or land of origin. This work is part history, part
fiction but a whole attempt to understand the people and forces that help shape
us. The more we understand, the better we can consciously choose directions for
our future as a family, a nation, and a world.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Promise to Return
My new play with the theme of reincarnation is called Promise to Return.
A young man who remembers dying in the Vietnam War reincarnates compelled to find his previous family and fulfill the destiny denied him by death. His current family feels abandoned. Diego risks exposing his illegal status as a Mexican migrant and drives to Phoenix in 2014. He recognizes his home and some people but fails to convince them. An ally, Brianna, and other students accompany him to a protest for DACA "dreamers." The authorities deport Diego. He faces a dangerous return to Phoenix and the prejudice of family members who reject him.
Write to me on my website if you're interested.
A young man who remembers dying in the Vietnam War reincarnates compelled to find his previous family and fulfill the destiny denied him by death. His current family feels abandoned. Diego risks exposing his illegal status as a Mexican migrant and drives to Phoenix in 2014. He recognizes his home and some people but fails to convince them. An ally, Brianna, and other students accompany him to a protest for DACA "dreamers." The authorities deport Diego. He faces a dangerous return to Phoenix and the prejudice of family members who reject him.
Write to me on my website if you're interested.
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