Bettina Swigger
strategy + leadership + creativity
Nancy Swigger
Nancy Swigger
The Book
The year I turned 30, my life changed dramatically. I lost my mother, I moved across the country for my dream job, my marriage ended, and everything changed. I changed. I'm writing a book about that change. Check here for updates on that process.
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Unlearning Lessons
With an artful balance of wit and vulnerability, the poems in "Unlearning Lessons" explore the intricacies of life's profound (and banal) moments. From amusing anecdotes to self-effacing verses that delve into the depths of love, loss, and longing, these poems reveal the subtle threads that connect us to our shared humanity.
Unlearning Lessons: Poems
With an artful balance of wit and vulnerability, the poems in "Unlearning Lessons" explore the intricacies of life's profound (and banal) moments. From amusing anecdotes to self-effacing verses that delve into the depths of love, loss, and longing, these poems reveal the subtle threads that connect us to our shared humanity.
The Potatoes Have Eyes
My mother’s Christmas card from 2004 depicts a photograph of two potatoes: one large, one small. In the picture, they are sprouting, standing upright, their tentacles wrapping around each other as if they are in an embrace. It is difficult to discern whether the potatoes are Yukon Gold or red, but the photo was almost certainly taken in afternoon, which you can tell because the tubers cast long shadows on the stucco surface upon which they rest.
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