Special Edition January 2025

New Podcast Announcement

Thank you for taking a minute to read this special announcement!

My friend artist Marybeth Bradbury and I have launched Real Deal Divas Podcast! We share with you conversations that are enlightening, funny, touching, and sometimes snarky. We discuss our beliefs that all of us are creative and are all connected. Periodically we will host guests from many disciplines.

We are grateful to the Arts Council of Wilmington for the grant that makes this podcast possible. Learn more here: Arts Council of Wilmington.

Many Ways To Connect with Real Deal Divas

You can listen to the podcast at this link: https://shows.podcastle.ai/real-deal-divas-jGn8EGDf. You can also find us at most podcast outlets: Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! And, if you want to watch us, click on our YouTube channel.

You can learn more about the podcast and each of us on our website, or Facebook page.

We do hope you will follow us and tell your friends about us!

Here’s a sort of poem I wrote for our website about our intentions for this work:

We are divas:
we take creative risks,
to explore beyond the ordinary,
to challenge the status quo,
to speak our truth.

We are divas:
we honor the roads we’ve traveled,
to know our worth,
to believe there are more paths to explore,
to discover more of ourselves.

We are divas:
we laugh at ourselves,
to find joy in the world around us,
to lift up those in despair,
to share hope in a weary world.

We are divas:
So too, are you. Join us.
Together, we fearlessly celebrate creativity
that lives within us all,
pushing boundaries for release.

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Click on the links below to read my most recent works in Salvation South:

“A Tale of Two Hauntings”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/a-tale-of-two-hauntings-essay-deb-bowen/

“Let No One Turn You Around”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/let-no-one-turn-you-around-joan-baez-essay-deb-bowen/

“Sunday Fatback”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/sunday-fatback-essay-deb-bowen/

“The Coyote’s Journey”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/the-coyotes-journey-nature-essay-deb-bowen/

“Takin’ Up a Poundin’”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/takin-up-a-poundin-christmas-story-deb-bowen/

“Tidal Wave Terror”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/ground-truth-from-the-climate-reckoning-janisse-ray/

“Where I’m From: Seven Decades in Seven Scenes”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/where-im-from-seven-decades-in-seven-scenes-deb-bowen-poem/

“Mending Nets”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/mending-nets-north-carolina-barrier-island/?mc_cid=c4bb217ffc&mc_eid=fae2a9a622

“A Talisman for Poseidon”
https://www.salvationsouth.com/a-talisman-from-poseidon-hurricane-donna-1960/

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Podcasts 

Psychic Teachers

Real Deal Divas

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Just One More Thing Before You Go

Real Deal Divas invites you to celebrate the real deal that is YOU!

Do you seek a place where you can explore your creative self and the world around you?

Are you ready to engage with two artists- a painter and a writer- who offer guideposts for your inspired journey and who bring you exciting interviews with like-minded people?

Join us as we explore creativity in its many forms and celebrate fearless collaboration.

Thank you!