4 days ago3 minOh! BuffaloPerhaps I can truly hear the small things that I, personally, can do to help shift the balance from fear and hatred to love.
Feb 171 minWhere You're Bravely Working: Grief & HopeTwo poems about loss & hope--one from a grand river, and one from a small creek in the wilderness.
Dec 30, 20213 min'Tis a Holy Thing to LoveWhat a strange and sometimes very difficult thing it is to be a human being. And perhaps no period is more difficult than the time of grief
Nov 3, 20213 minSilence: Three (Very Short) StoriesOn the backside of that hill the incessant noise of traffic and construction was buffered out…so we could drink in the silence as well.
Sep 1, 20213 minTo Love What Death Can Touch A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be–to be, And oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this, And a holy thing, a holy thing to love.
Jul 28, 20213 minForget Your Perfect OfferingSomething has been pulling on me, calling me to simplify, ease down, clear space to make room for something...new? different? re-focused?
Apr 28, 20212 mindeeper glimmer showingI'll never forget the train ride home after Christmas that year, as every clack of the wheels pulled me further & further away from her.
Dec 9, 20204 minIn Order to Grow—Pruning Off a Major Branch"Looks like we just gave ZZ Top a shave & crewcut!" said Celia. We looked at the huge and tangled heaps of grape vines we'd just pruned off.
Sep 9, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Tiny Toolkit of QuotationsQuotations, in a sense, are stories in miniature. Here are a few of my current favorites.
Sep 2, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: I Will Not Fan the FlamesSo I find myself saying, what do I have to add that could possibly address any aspect of this heartbreak?
Jun 17, 20205 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Face of a Monster?When I was twelve years old I met an extraordinary man. He didn't look very extraordinary. Dressed in monks' robes, he had a shy smile...
May 13, 20204 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #9We all need support to be brave, less anxious, to lean a little bit more into love. So I continue to share these little pieces of hope...
May 7, 20205 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #8What happens when someone tells you, "Don't think about that!" "That" being your current big problem or concern. It's like saying...
May 7, 20202 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkits: Lists of Tools Here is the list of all the tools in all the toolkits so far. Or consider it an atlas of maps. Take what you like and leave the rest!
Apr 8, 20206 minAnti-covidanxiety Toolkit #4I'm going to start with a confession this time. A couple of mornings ago...
Apr 2, 20203 minMore good news: Songs and poemsA few more poems/songs that have been speaking to me in the midst of this strange new pandemic world we find ourselves in.
Mar 31, 20207 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #3Here are a few more ways to dislodge that anxiety, melt it, shake it loose, or at least mute it down a little.
Feb 12, 20202 minThe Fellowship of GriefSuch a relief to be with people who needed no explanation for the often massive feelings I was having. They got it. They were in it too.