This is the second part of my talk with my dear friend, Tamara Madison, poet, educator, artist, free-spirit. We talk about the writing process and a lot of other things. Most special is her reading of her poem, "Sequoia Sermpervirens".

This was a short segment, so I paid tribute to my amazing neighbor and friend, Ella Jean Morgan (Bollinger), who continues to be an incredible inspiration to me and my knee recovery, over eight years after her passing.

SHOW NOTES:

Tamara Madison - next live reading will be on August 27 at the Rosebud Cafe in Pasadena. Check out her website for more: https://tamaramadisonpoetry.com/events/

Tamara Madison on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tamara-Madison/e/B0B2BM1DKH/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk

Ella Jean Morgan (Bollinger) - When Women Dive: A Female's Guide to Both Diving and Snorkling (written with O'Neill) | Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Dive-Females-Snorkeling/dp/0922769117

Ella Jean Morgan (Bollinger) | Women Divers' Hall of Fame: https://www.wdhof.org/members/ella-jean-morgan

Ella Jean Morgan (Bollinger) | CoSee: http://www.oceancareers.com/2.0/display_profile.php?profile_id=70&action=display

Ella Jean Morgan (Bollinger) - Community tributes | Scuba Board: https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/ella-jean-morgan.483461/

SONGWRITER/POETS WE TALKED ABOUT:

Leonard Cohen: https://www.leonardcohen.com/

Joanna Newsom | Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Newsom

Tom Waits: http://www.tomwaits.com/

Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus | Amazon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rgili5Eirc

Maya Angelou - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (The story of Angelou driving a stick shift from Mexico is in Chapter 30) | Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Know-Caged-Sings-Angelou-1984-01-26/dp/B017PO2SX0/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B017PO2SX0&psc=1

Aussie Firefights Save World's Only Groves of Prehistoric Wollemi Pines | NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/796994699/aussie-firefighters-save-worlds-only-groves-of-prehistoric-wollemi-pines#:~:text=Service%20via%20Reuters-,Fire%20swept%20through%20Australia's%20Wollemi%20National%20Park%2C%20but%20firefighters%20were,groves%20of%20prehistoric%20Wollemi%20pines.&text=It%20was%20a%20lifesaving%20mission,torn%20through%20the%20Australian%20bush.