At Home Come home to yourself is A useful suggestion, but What if you’re not home? What if you’re galloping from One crucial responsibility to Another? And the Here and the Now get Postponed or dimly remembered or Forgotten or … Continue reading →
When I fly over our country I see the grids of farmsand citesBut thenThe watersThe lakes The pondsThe streams The rivers say No You may not divide us. You may not ignore us Mountains make the same statements as do … Continue reading →
AT HOME Come home to yourself is A useful suggestion but What if you’re not home? What if you’re galloping from One crucial responsibility to Another. And all the while, The Here and the Now gets Postponed or Dimly remembered … Continue reading →
Here’s a little bit of comic relief for all you debate viewers who need a pick-me-up after that debacle of undemocratic balderdash instigated by the pretender-in-chief. One thing about creative people: when faced with an seemingly insurmountable challenge, we have … Continue reading →
In 38 days, it will be 4 years since I woke up on the Saturday morning after the 2016 Election and dragged an old piece of plywood out to the end of my driveway. I was going to write RESIST … Continue reading →
S.C.H.O.O.L. I don’t know many parents right now for whom these letters put together in this order don’t incite some mixture of worry, concern, fear, or uncertainty as September, 2020 rose up from the shadow of what, for many, was … Continue reading →
For Water Communion I wanted a word that does not exist, in any language as far as I have explored. I wanted a word for hoping for hope. In these times it can feel impossible to imagine what the future … Continue reading →
Now’s a chance for a do-over A make-over, Indifference has no place here. Respectful disagreements are rare And refreshing. Humble acknowledgement of the mis-steps Mis-interpretations, Mis-deeds, Humble acceptance of being an ordinary human, All this could lead to a do-over … Continue reading →
During these crazy times in our collective consciousness, and especially during the COVID19 crisis, all of us have experienced loss of some type. Sometimes the best way of seeing events from another person’s perspective (like those with whom you disagree) … Continue reading →
The myriad of meaningful songs that we had in the sixties — such as Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” — really had a profound effect on my views growing up. I remember hearing that and “Bridge Over Troubled … Continue reading →
