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Adina Lynn LeCompte is a sixth-generation Californian. After having lived in varying parts of the US and abroad in Florence, Italy, she has come home to roost, splitting her time between the Central Coast and the Foothills of Yosemite. She holds her Bachelors of Arts from UCLA (Language and Linguistics), her Master of Arts from Middlebury College School Abroad / Universita' di Firenze (Language and Literature), and studied 4 years in the MDiv program at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Over the years, she founded several successful local businesses and worked as an interfaith hospital and hospice chaplain.Adina is a working writer, an award-winning poet, and is currently in process of publishing her book Spilling Ink: Write Your Way Into Healing. Additionally, she has designed an interactive transformative workshop by the same name that uses writing as a tool for healing from trauma, especially abuse and grief. She is also co-author of several compilations of poetry with her husband, John LeCompte, who is also a writer. She is currently in the MFA in Creative Non-Fiction at BayPath University. John LeCompte was raised in Seattle, Washington before attending and pitching for Stanford University in California. Upon graduating, he entered a career in agribusiness in California's Central Valley. During that career, he attended the Harvard Business School, where he was selected for a program designed for young executives. His career took an abrupt turn in the late 1980's when he began a successful career owning and operating professional minor league baseball teams on the West Coast.John has two sons and two daughters. Having lost one of his daughters, Aimee, and his wife, Thalia, both to intense health struggles, his writing career took form as a combination of grief therapy and a newfound love of creative writing and poetry. It was during his memoir and creative non-fiction writing when he began a rich writing collaboration and friendship with his now wife and soulmate, Adina Lynn LeCompte.
"Praise for ""With These Words..."" ""With These Words takes the reader on a heartfelt journey of true love. The hearts of both poets are poured upon the page with abandon. Each poem, every line, each word... They are all imbued with sacred passion and devotion."" -Eva Xan, Best-Selling Poetry Book Editor and Author of Esoterra* * *""Adina is one of the most committed women I have ever known when it comes to doing the deep soul work of healing and recovery. This book is a beautiful testament to that commitment and the gifts that come with doing the work... a testament to pure, authentic, deep, honest, and true love."" -Tamie M Joyce, Empowerment Life Coach* * *""The more I read, the more insights I gained about John and Adina and, wonderfully, about myself."" [...] ""The insights of hindsights eloquently penned by a loving couple."" -Hap Klopp, Author, Founder of The North Face, and Lecturer * * *""Truly a love story for the ages... A modern day Barrett and Browning. Their beautiful poetry simply flows from one to the other."" -Sally Seago, Artist, ""America's Romantic Impressionist"""
The Letters I Will Never Send
poems to read, to write and to share...
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