Wild Now
What sort of love is this?
Thoughts and a poetic piece about what happens when attention and open-heartedness come together
Exploring the wild, luminous moments that shape a life.
I’m Kimberley Pittman-Schulz. I’m an author, poet, and essayist with a ‘thing’ for birds and the natural world. I’m curious about what happens when we pay attention to the wildness around us and within us, the way loss as well as joy change us, and what the tiniest parts of life may reveal.
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Writing
Wild Now
What if you decided to want all of it?
Exploring one way to travel the darker as well as the luminous parts of a life's journey
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On leaves and leaving
Love, constancy, and tending to what remains
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What if you are walking in stars?
Exploring what's real—a three-part story
Wild Now
What does it really mean to be small?
A small, lyric essay
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Moon joy
What if the Earth's greatest mystery is found in the space of a human heart?
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Of salamanders and strange conversations
Two Field Notes | Variations on the daily mystery of 'what is'
From my notebook
Field Notes
Observations in the present moment
Get a glimpse inside my daily journal writing.
Explore & Read →Notable Work
“It's not gravity that grounds us, keeps us from spinning off into the black, night sky. It's love stories. Some of them are happy, others hard. Love isn't always kind, though it wants to be. Even in death, the story says, I love you still.”
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
“Don't rise and stand at the sink combing / hair, brushing teeth, thinking / of a thousand different details. Breathe in / the air of another new morning, / and hum, filling the cavities of your cheeks, / the bone trumpet of your skull, / with your own, reverberating music.”
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
“I felt David’s spirit with me ... The world, wherever I looked, was unexpectedly beautiful. I drove through miles of grapevines, their leaves bright flames, letting loose their wild colors. Galileo said, “Wine is light, held together by water.” So are people, I thought.”
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
My Books
Grieving Us: A Field Guide for Living With Loss Without Losing Yourself
Through storytelling and simple strategies, you’ll take a break from grief, find new ways to hold on to the one you love, and design your life-support system for living with loss.
Mosslight: Poems
This poetry collection takes you on a walking meditation along the crooked path through loss and longing where solace shimmers in the shadows, rooted in the rhythms of the natural world.
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Inviting Joy Into Grief Journey
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From Grieving Us
“To be a witness to another’s life is to be a sacred space. Yes, you and I are sacred spaces, holding the ones we love. With each inhalation and exhalation, we keep their stories alive within our own.”
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz, Writer & Mentor