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This page lists previously published writing by Dorothea Barth. Some articles are available for reprint. Editors, please contact the author if you are interested in reprinting a particular story or poem. Articles for which publication is pending are listed on the Available Writing page.

This page was last updated August 27,  2012.

Regional, National, and International Magazines

All  in a Garden Green
Outreach NC   September 2011

Style and Therapy
MaryJanesFarm
August/September 2011

Echoes of Verona
The Costumer   May 2011

Cowgirl
Lawrence Magazine
Summer 2011 (page 66)

Sonora  in the Sun
Emma Close to Home
Oct/Nov 2010

Of Marlstone, Maas, and Muse
Circle Magazine   Fall 2010

Stitches of Faith
Interweave Knits Magazine
Fall 2010

Oasis Rediscovered
Emma Close to Home
April/May 2010

Day Trip: San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers
(original  title  Orchids and Urns)
Emma Close to Home
February/March 2010

The True Treasure
MaryJanesFarm
October/November 2009

The Hills Are Alive!
Emma Close to Home
October 2009

Erev Shel Shoshanim
San Diego Jewish Journal
July 2009

Comfort Zones
Stanford Magazine
May/June 2009

My Visit with Ma  
(originally titled Backyard Breakthrough)
Backyard Living
(Reiman Media Group, Inc.)
May 2008

Backyard Breakthrough
The Gardener (South Africa)
November 2007

On the Road: Sounds of Nature
Via  July/August 2007

Music

Cyberbass:Choral Learning for the 21st Century
The South African Music Teacher
2009/2010

Bach Cure
Classical Music  (UK)
March 27, 2010

Playford Promenade
Fiddler Magazine   Spring 2010

Busted in Balboa
Early Music America
Spring 2010

At Court and Cauldron: The Music of Les Witches (Early Music CD Review)
BBI Media   September 2009

Mystery of Noel
Stringendo (American String Teachers Association DC/MD Chapter Journal)   Spring 2009
Available for reprint and posted in the Prose Gallery

Finding the Faerie's Voice
Faerie Magazine
Autumn 2008

The Show Must Go On Despite Cancellation
Daily Astorian
February 22, 2008

Choral Learning for the 21st Century: The CyberBass Project
Canadian Music Teacher
Winter 2008
Of global interest to choral singers. Can be updated for specific geographic arreas.

A Tenor on the Titanic
American Recorder
January 2008

There's No Place I'd Rather Be
Music for the Love of It
May 2008  
Stringendo   Winter 2007/2008
Available for reprint 
(for music as well as personal growth magazines)

Triple Time
Stringendo   August 2007

Reinventing Choral Learning: The CyberBass Project
Music Teacher International
(Australia)May/June 2007

Noteworthy, Not Worthy?
California Music Teacher
Summer 2007
Stringendo   Spring 2007
Available for reprint and posted in the Prose Gallery.

Da Capo
Stringendo   Summer 2006

Angst After 50
Classical Music (UK)   March 2005

Serenade for Papa
Music Teacher International (Australia)  December 2003

Busted in Balboa
Music for the Love of It
December 2003

Music for a Perfect Moment
Portland Bride and Groom
Winter/Spring 2003
Can be adapted to regional bridal markets.

Gables to Host 'Revels' Reunion (Press Release)
Ojai Valley News   August  2002

How to Select Just the Right Music
(Co-Writer) 
Renaissance Magazine
Spring 1998

Short Fiction

Ambassadors
Posted on Love Canada Geese
March 2010

Bronwyn's Song
Faerie Magazine
January 2010 (Issue 19)

Spirituality and
Personal Growth

Juliet's Threads
(adapted and abridged)
Sagewoman Magazine
October 2009

Dancing in the Muses's Circle
Innerchange Magazine
Dec./Jan. 2004

Key Words: Dorothea Barth prose, poetry, music essays, wedding articles, lifestyle articles, nostalgic stories, travel essays, animal stories, literary short fiction, romantic short fiction, published writing

Wedding/Bridal

Lights, Music, Dance!
Weddings in Houston
January 2012

Music for a Perfect Moment - Houston
Weddings in Houston
January 2011

Music for a Perfect Moment - Portland
Portland Bride and Groom
Winter/Spring 2003

Vanishing Sleeves
Portland Bride and Groom
Summer/Fall 2002

Write On Submission
Brides Magazine
April/May 1997

Another Point of View
San Diego Bride and Groom
Fall/Winter 1996-97

Dance

75 Belly dance Steps with Cory Zamora: 10 Reasons to Love this Video (DVD review)
Zaghareet!   Jan/Feb 2012

Dancing in the Muses' Circle
Circle Magazine   Summer 2011

Bead Crossings
Zaghareet!   Jan/Feb 2010

Message from Michael
Zaghareet!   Nov/Dec 2009

Canvas
Jareeda   Jan/Feb 2009

Pilgrimage
Jareeda   April/May 2007

Saskia's Sarcophagus
Zaghareet!   May/June 2003

Dancin' High in the Lowlands
Zaghareet!   May/June 2000

Reclaiming Adagio
The Crescent Moon  Jan/Feb 1998

Brava, Boulder!
The Crescent Moon
Sept./Oct. 1997

Let the Sun Shine In
Jareeda   1995

To Teach or Not to Teach
www.shira.net   1998

Hair and Home
www.shira.net   1998

Poetry

Note: Many of the poems listed below are published on the fairiesworld website, where Dorothea Barth has her own section.

For four consecutive years, Dorothea Barth's poetry has been selected to appear in the beautiful Faeryland Calendar, available from Barnes & Noble. An excerpt from Broken Wing  appeared in the 2011 Faeryland Calendar.  An excerpt from Mortal to Mermaid appeared in the 2012 calendar. For 2013, Of the Earth was  featured. And an excerpt from Will You Fly Back Perchance? was selected to appear in the 2014 Faeryland Calendar.

Where Magic is the Best
Circle Magazine "Urban Magic" Issue 112
February 2012

Landscape of the Wee
fairiesworld
June 26, 2012

Grace
fairiesworld
May 3, 2012

Of the Earth
fairiesworld
March 26, 2012

Where Magic Is the Best
fairiesworld
October 21, 2011

Anna
www.fairiesworld.com
October 19, 2011

Saturday in Sebastopol
Zaghareet!
August 2011

Flower of the Bleeding Heart
February 14, 2011

Let's Hear it for the Dancer
Zaghareet!
January/February 2011

Balanced Sword
Zaghareet!
November/December 2010

The Encounter
www.fairiesworld.com
Posted November 2010

Pickleweed Clan
www.fairiesworld.com
Posted August 2010

Snowflake
www.fairiesworld.com
Posted May 2010

Rosewood to Redwood
Asilomar
SAGE Magazine
(Yale University) - Volume IV, Issue 1 April 2010

Berry Bourree
www.fairiesworld.com
April 11, 2010

Altered Shore
www.fairiesworld.com
January, 2010

Faery of Late Winter
www.fairiesworld.com
March 29, 2010

Puck's Villanelle
www.fairiesworld.com
January 2010

Flame Song
Circle Magazine
Winter 2009

Questions for the Chalice
Circle Magazine
Fall 2009

Mortal to Mermaid
www.fairiesworld.com
May 2009

Steiner Street
Stringendo (MD/DC)
Spring 2009

Rosewood to Redwood
American Recorder
September 2008
Music for the Love of It
November 2008

Broken Wing
www.fairiesworld.com
February 2009

The Gnome, the Goose, and the Eucalypt
www.fairiesworld.com
March 2009

Moment Musicale
www.fairiesworld.com
May 2009

Animal Stories

1001 Notes: Valentine to an Avian Muse   Parrots Magazine
February 2010

Not A-Okay! A Bird Lover's Criticism of the Movie Love Happens   Parrots Magazine
November 2009

Wingtip
Circle Magazine   Fall 2008

At 17, Toshi's Still Got the Touch
Fresno Bee   December 22, 2001

Public Radio and Mozart's Music Please Pippin   Fresno Bee
February 23, 2002