Thank you with my whole heart for joining me.

Recording for Season 2 is already in progress. Subscribe to the podcast on Substack or where ever you are listening for updates. You can also follow me on Instagram at @eatsleegrowplants for updates and to see what else I am up to in the mean time.

Until next time…

Show Notes:

Letters From Kitchen Island - Not only is it a journal, it is the title of my blog here on Substack! Check it out and consider subscribing for more of my writing and future narrated blog posts.

Poetry After Hours is a bi-monthly event hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and held at the New Hampshire Art Association (NHAA) in Portsmouth, NH.

* Click here for details about the next event on Thursday, April 23

And if you would like to read the poem “Hospice” for yourself:

From the collection “Upon Their Quiet Altars” by Bob Jacob, Poetry from The Connecticut Hospice. Courtesy of Beth Tener.

And a special thank you and shoutout to my podcasting professor at UNH: Thomas Jackson. Thank you for your sincere encouragement and wise words. I wouldn’t have made it this far without them.

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This is the next to last episode and the final interview for this season.

Notes about this episode:

This episode was recorded in December of 2025 and was delayed in publishing. The Give & Gather event held on MLK Day has since happened at the time of publishing.

As of March 17th, 2026 there are more potluck events happening and being added to the schedule in the Seacoast area as well as other regularly scheduled Give & Gather affiliated events. See the show notes below and check out this link for more details.

Show Notes:

Give & Gather

Email - hello@giveandgather.org

Instagram - @giveand_gather

Newsletter - Sign up here!

Upcoming events

* Give & Gather and Granite Goodness collaboration - March 17th (today!)

* Peer Power Hour

* Register for the next one on March 25th

* Learn more with this brief podcast!

* Bi-weekly Co-working Space at Breakaway Cafe

* From 12:00 - 3:00 every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month come join us at Breakaway Cafe for an enjoyable and supportive coworking session! No RSVP required and open house style! Come when you can and stay as long as you'd like!

Love, Joy & Justice Apparel

Other Notes:

SeaChange Conference - Green Acre Bahai School, Eliot, ME

The Grief Deck - Princeton Architectural Press

Substack Article - “Why Modern Life Feels Meaningless” by Omar F. Najjarine (The Autodidact)

Sarah Arslanian - Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial, cemetery-specific nonprofit in NH (forthcoming episode in Season 2)

Shilo Farm - Eliot, ME

Beth Tener - Kinship, Portsmouth, NH

Jessica Gaines - Sacred Sound Circle

Akilah Campbell - Zuri Wingi, Lee, NH

Sarah Dorn - Tuckaway Farm and Tuckaway Food Commons, Lee, NH

Cultivate NH

Girls on the Run New Hampshire

Black Lives Matter New Hampshire (BLMNH)

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Make sure to subscribe for updates about future episodes and Season 2.

This episode is a solo one. A reflection and call back to my conversation with Cecelia Ulibarri in Ep. 10 “I Was Here”. Make sure you give it a listen if you haven’t already.

The final interview for this season will be with Andrea Martin. Another wonderful friend of mine and one whose name you might remember from my conversation with Beth Tener in Ep. 8 “A Legacy of Love” or my story about Soul Speaks in Ep. 9 “Be Brave and Listen”.

Thank you so much for your time dear listener. Stay tuned for the last two episodes of this first season of MortlaiTea.

Show notes:

Word Web Resources - While these templates are geared towards literacy and helping kids learn vocabulary, they give a foundational understanding of how word webs function. Feel free to riff of the templates, make your own, or completely disregard the directions. It’s your exercise, so use your free will and have fun with it!

* Online Writing Lab

* https://southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/word-webs-1.pdf

Crackskulls Coffee and Books - Newmarket, NH

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This is Episode 10 with Cecilia Ulibarri - "I Was Here"

Season 1 is wrapping up soon, but we still have a few more episodes to go before we take a break.

Thank you for your time dear listener.

Cecelia Ulibarri:

-Check out Cecilia's work through her non-profit Positive Street Art

-Reach out to Positive Street Art through info@positivestreetart.org

-Sign up for the Positive Street Art newsletter through the website

Notes:

-Check out Arts in Reach

-Harweda, by Lauren Grace Williamson, on display in Created Noble at Green Acre Bahai Center of Learning

-I Was Here by Beyonce

Guest: Beth Tener

Kinship

Living Love Podcast

Relational Intelligence (Formerly "Warmth and Fire")

SeaChange Conference

Links and Resources:

Green Acre Bahai School

One Shared Earth Exhibition

Give and Gather with Andrea Martin - @giveand_gather (Instagram)

Sacred Sound Circle with Jessica Gaines

NHAA Poetry After Hours (12/11/25 event)

Soul Speaks Community Supper Club (my project!) - @soul_speaks_supper (Instagram)

Kenneth J. Gergen, book - “Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community”

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Join me next time for a conversation with guest, Beth Tener.

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Najee is a photographer, playwright, and the artistic director of the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Guest:

Najee Brown

@najeevisuals - Instagram

Multicultural Arts Center - Website & Facebook

Theatre for the People - Website & Facebook

References and Links:

**Consider buy books through your local indie bookstore or find a copy at your local library!**

D’Angelo Obituary - Rolling Stone

Because of Winn-Dixie

Book by Kate DiCamillo

Film adaptation

SeaChange Conference

“Jesus at the Gay Bar” by Jay Hulme, from his collection The Backwater Sermons

Howl’s Moving Castle

Book by Diana Wynn Jones

Film adaptation by Studio Ghibli

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Join me in the next episode for my conversation with artist, Najee Brown.

Find me on Instagram @eatsleepgrowplants

Send me an email: eatsleepgrowplants@gmail.com

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This episode, Diannely Antigua is with me as we discuss living with (uncomplicated) joy.

CW: suicide, religious trauma, mental health

Guest:

Diannely Antigua - @nellfell13 (Instagram)

Diannely’s Website and Books

Links:

Cleo Soul “Things Will Get Better” - YouTube & Spotify

Water Street Bookstore - Webpage & Instagram

Mental health resources - 988 Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, Veteran Crisis Line, The Trevor Project, Trans Lifeline, LGBT National Help Center, National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, Disaster Distress Helpline

Please also check for resources local to your state and county. And please reach out to your counselor if you have one.

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A call and response episode to my conversation with Lauren WB Vermette in episode 2.

What does authenticity mean for me?

Join me next time for Episode 4 with Diannelly Antigua.

Show notes:

Sonja Renee Taylor

The Body is Not an Apology (Poem): Video and Audio

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (On Instagram)

“The Danger of a Single Story” | TED Talk

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Joining me this episode is poet and friend, Lauren WB Vermette.

Guest:

Lauren WB Vermette - @wbvermette

Links:

Portsmouth Poet Laureate Project

The Good Listening Project

Song - “Dylan Thomas (1996-1998)” by Antje Duvekot

Song - “You Let Me Be” by Melissa Ferrick

Song - “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen

Book - “Listening Well” by Heather Morris

Andrea Gibson, former Poet Laureate of Colorado; the line referenced in the show is from their poem “Good Grief” shared in the anthology You Better Be Lightning

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Hosted by artist, death doula and facilitator, Lauren Grace Williamson.

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Show notes:

Documentary - "Dark Tourist" Ep "1. Latin America"

Mental health resources - 988 Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, Veteran Crisis Line, The Trevor Project, Trans Lifeline, LGBT National Help Center, National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, Disaster Distress Helpline

Domestic Violence resources - National Domestic Violence Hotline

Please also check for resources local to your state and county.

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