New Year’s Eve — Looking Back
“There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But, who wants easier?” – Mary Oliver, poet December Cold, but...
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Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Nov 23, 2011
- 5 min
A Thanksgiving Story
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself . . . we are star stuff harvesting star light . . . Our loyalties are to the species and to...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 25, 2011
- 1 min
A Language Larger Than Words
“And this, our life . . . finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” — Shakespeare...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 25, 2011
- 2 min
After the Good News, The Raven
“At the end of the glacier two ravens . . . At the end of the ice age show me the way . . . Flying off alone flying off alone flying off...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jun 29, 2011
- 2 min
Every New Day, The Best Day
“On my way home I remember only good days. / On my way home I remember all the best days. / I’m on my way home I can remember every new...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Apr 25, 2011
- 2 min
Better the Cup Breaks Before You
“There is so much that I saved for special—how stupid. Upstairs in my closet are clothes I’ve never worn, because I was saving them for...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Dec 31, 2010
- 4 min
Happy New Year
“Why did you stop praising?” “Because I never heard anything back.” “This longing you express is the return message” —Jelal’uddin Rumi,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Dec 14, 2010
- 1 min
After Rain, Approaching Solistice
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief . . . for a time I rest in the grace of the...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Nov 19, 2010
- 6 min
Remembering David
“What can you ever really know of other people’s souls—of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Oct 3, 2010
- 4 min
Rose & the Robin
“God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.” — Turkish proverb Getting Ready Water trickles into soil, the fuchsia drink, their...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 11, 2010
- 3 min
September 11th
"Only in darkness can you see the stars.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. September 11th Sometimes you look out from your lush mountain rubbed...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 24, 2010
- 5 min
About Time
“Nothing is real unless it is observed.” — John Gribben, In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality Below a redwood, its...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jul 30, 2010
- 10 min
Manhattan, Accidentally
“Wherever you go, there you are.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor emeritus of medicine and Zen Buddhist Leaving Brooklyn, not yet realizing...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jun 6, 2010
- 4 min
Blood Roots
“All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Slicing through the black plastic pipe in thick morning fog, I am...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- May 21, 2010
- 8 min
Letter to Ngande
“When I was a little boy, I was afraid of white people. I would run away and hide. Now, in this job, I meet so many people. It’s...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Apr 22, 2010
- 5 min
Deception Valley (Happy Earth Day)
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein Photo: Terry Schulz In the twilight, they...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 14, 2010
- 1 min
Valentine’s Day
“Without love, we are birds with broken wings.” — Morrie Schwartz, 1916-1995, sociology professor Who Do You Sing For? Just before...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 1, 2010
- 3 min
Groundhog’s Day
“My poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain . . . .” — Pablo Neruda Raining. Under an eave in the...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 23, 2010
- 4 min
Being Someone
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.’" —Billy, age 4...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 2, 2010
- 3 min
Frog Song
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song” — Maya Angelou Heavy rain yesterday. This morning, a...
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