Sappho's Delights is a delicious collection of feminist and lesbian poetry that chronicle the adventures of a young baby dyke as she crossed the country and discovered home.

These tasty morsels span almost a decade. From coming out as bisexual during high school in Maryland, a frisky four years of college in Connecticut (with an interim in zesty California), a healing year in Northern Idaho, participating on the Global Walk for a Liveable World (where she walked from Los Angeles to Flagstaff, Arizona), living as a lesbian separatist, as well as opening the feminist bookstore, Herland Women's Book-Cafe in Santa Cruz, California.

Friends, lovers, cats and companions are celebrated through poems, haikus, songs, ramblings and even some blues. Dip your toes into the honey!

About the Author

Kayla Garnet Rose, Ph.D. is an enchanting holistic healer who lives in a fairy castle by the sea. Since 1989 she has cast the cards, charted the stars, and guided people to achieve their most heartfelt dreams and visions. Kayla is the High Priestess in the Temple of Laphrodite, a virtual sacred space dedicated to the Goddess of the Belly Laugh. She invites you to come sit for a spell.

Since 2005, Kayla has enjoyed a thriving private practice as a mindfulness coach, where she combines modalities of H.E.A.R.T - Hypnotherapy, Energywork, Astrology, Reiki, and Tarot. Kayla gives regular workshops on a variety of topics such as mindfulness, self-esteem building, and creative journaling. She does community education on the benefits of hypnotherapy, including the mind-body connection, overcoming PTSD, and changing the inner critic.

When not dabbling in watercolors or puttering in the garden, Kayla may be found volunteering as a docent at the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Exploration Center where she leads Toddler Story Hour and assists on First Fridays doing marine-themed arts crafts.

From 2011 through 2014 Kayla was the Director of the Hypnotherapy Program at Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts in Santa Cruz. She led their client-centered Hypnotherapy Program, Inner Resources: A Therapeutic Approach to Accessing the Healer Within. Kayla also taught a variety of workshops and classes including Journey Through the Tarot.

In 2013 Kayla completed the Ph.D. program in Holistic Health through the AIHT. She received her B.A from Wesleyan University in 1989 with a major in Psychology. In 2005 she became a Certified Hypnotherapist and in 2007 a Certified Reiki Practitioner through Twin Lakes College.

From 1993 to 2005 Kayla was the owner of the the Herland Women's Book-Café, a feminist utopia filled with stories, songs, and images that celebrating the Divine Feminine. They hosted book signings, poets, artists, dances, musicians. After closing the café, she published a zine of their recipes, now available online at The Tattooed Babes of Herland Their Damn Fine Salsa.

Kayla's artwork has been exhibited at the MAH - Santa Cruz Museum of Art History:

• Queer Santa Cruz (Apr 2020- Apr 2022) explores the important contributions, impact, history of the LGBTQ+ community in Santa Cruz County.
• Infinite Other Exhibition (Oct 2018 - Mar 2019) created with artists Monica Canilao Xara Thustra (MCXT), art that explores the infinite stories intimate connections we share as people
• See, Be Seen: Community Portraits (Mar 2018 - Sep 2018) to celebrate the unique artistry in many faces of Santa Cruz County
• Santa Cruz Collects (Oct 2016 - Feb 2017) which examined how the items we collect do more than tell us about ourselves; they shine a light on things we may never have known about each other.
• Then & Now: LGBTQ+ Gathering Spaces (May 2023 - Ongoing). In the MAH's first online exhibition, Queer Santa Cruz: Stories of the LGBTQ+ Community.