Phyllis L. Thompson
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    • "Everything Moves"
    • "The Tides"
    • Dear Alice: Letters Home from American Teachers Learning to Live in China
    • "Portrait of a Cruiser: Gvogozdev Eugueni"
    • Electric Cars Won't Make Our World Better
    • Publications and Grants
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    • "Betsy's Invitation"
    • "Cheating or Cooperation?"
    • Workshops and Lectures
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    • "The Raven Sang"
    • Tai Yi Yo Long Gongfu
    • "Empty / Full"
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I like to write essays which report and reflect on connections: Connections among humans, nature, and spirit. Connections among people and ideas.

One of my favorite themes is how to live balancing
—balancing inside and out, past and future, quick and slow—what Hopi people and Daoism call the Middle Way.

For some samples of this, please enjoy the essays:
  • "Everything Moves"
  • "Portrait of a Cruiser: Gvogozdev Eugueni"
  • "Electric Cars Won't Make the World a Better Place"

You can also see a selected list of my Publications and Grants.


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Sailing Between Sea and Sky: What I Learned from the Ocean about Life on Earth is a Finalist in the 2025 Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards!

Editors called Finalist manuscripts "more than worthy of publication."
In particular, they admired my memoir Sailing Between Sea and Sky for its "meticulous research" and its rich subject.


For a glimpse of the tone and style of Sailing Between and Sky, please enjoy the excerpt on this website from my essay
"Everything Moves"
which appeared in
Catamaran Literary Reader,
issue 30  Fall 2020

Calm waters off Greenland © Phyllis Thompson
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The Southern Ocean © Eef Willems
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© 2017 • Phyllis L. Thompson

My memoir now has its own facebook page with photos and more information  about
Sailing Between Sea and Sky:
What I Learned from the Ocean about Life on Earth

  • Home
  • Writing
    • "Everything Moves"
    • "The Tides"
    • Dear Alice: Letters Home from American Teachers Learning to Live in China
    • "Portrait of a Cruiser: Gvogozdev Eugueni"
    • Electric Cars Won't Make Our World Better
    • Publications and Grants
  • Teaching
    • "Betsy's Invitation"
    • "Cheating or Cooperation?"
    • Workshops and Lectures
  • Performing
    • Collaborations
    • "The Raven Sang"
    • Tai Yi Yo Long Gongfu
    • "Empty / Full"
    • Dramatic Readings and Awards
  • Contact me
  • Explorations
  • Academic Experience
  • Explorations archive