In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, Rissa Miller and I discuss her passion for poetry, work at Vegetarian Journal, and love of animals. New to Tranquility du Jour? Learn more here. Join our bi-weekly Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures. Gretchen Read Girl CO Soiree April Dreams  Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #449: Passion for Poetry Upcoming Events Pigs, Pugs & Pinot: April 28, 3-5pm Yoga + the Animals: June 8 at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary TDJ Soirée: June 9 in DC TDJ Live: June 23 at 8pm [Free, online] Tranquility in Tuscany: July 13-20 in Italy [4 spots]   Guest: Rissa is a working artist living in Maryland. She loves early morning light filtering through stained glass, hot green tea in antique teacups, huge salads picked fresh from the garden and walks in the woods with her husband and their canine companion, Valerio. She studied writing at New York University/Tisch School of the Arts and photojournalism at Western Kentucky University. When she's not writing, Rissa finds her way to local theater and dance performances, loves baking vegan cupcakes, works as support crew for her husband's OCR team, Mud Not Blood and as often as possible, gets lost in libraries. Savvy Sources Find Rissa Website: rissawrites.com Book: Goodnight, Poet Mentioned in the podcast TDJ Live Spring Replay Upcoming Daybook Vegetarian Journal Tranquility du Jour Online NEW Book: Year of Tranquility (comes with FIVE bonuses) Eye candy on Instagram Follow along on Facebook Watch YouTube More Tranquility Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT Browse my 6 Books Tranquility-filled E-courses Download theTranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android Read about my passion for animals Favor Pen a review on iTunes and/or share this podcast via social media. Pen a review of my books on Amazonor Goodreads. Techy To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click hereto listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click hereand subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jourappsto download the podcast "automagically" on iOS or Android