Singing to Stones
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France, French poet I haven’t told this before. The...
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Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Oct 1, 2014
- 1 min
Well, One Life . . .
"It's like the spiders are sharing an ancient secret with me." — Cheryl Hayashi, spider biologist Most days I fail to save anyone....
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 19, 2014
- 3 min
What I Know About Ebola—Part II
"Fruit bats found throughout Africa are thought to be natural hosts for the Ebola virus. How would they infect humans? Through spicy bat...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 10, 2014
- 2 min
Let Them Be Safe
"The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us." — Anthony Fauci, MD,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 8, 2014
- 4 min
Arriving in Liberia
"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” — Mahatma Gandhi A year ago today,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 17, 2014
- 2 min
The Luxury of Looking
"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free." — Maya Angelou, poet & civil rights activist Evening, and I’m sitting...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 1, 2014
- 4 min
New Year's Day, Alone on Big Lagoon
“everything here / seems to need us” — Rainer Maria Rilke Paddling in fog this morning, I think, is this what Pablo entered or what he...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 2, 2013
- 1 min
One Birthday, Remembering Another
“I just can’t comprehend Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world, Or the mystery of mysteries in me again.” — Anna...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Dec 19, 2012
- 1 min
Waiting for the New Era
“The end is where we start from.” — T. S. Eliot If I Could See the End Coming I wouldn’t expect a sudden white light or a familiar...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Nov 22, 2012
- 1 min
Another Thanksgiving Day…Thank You
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jun 17, 2012
- 1 min
After Walking Clam Beach
“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- May 27, 2012
- 4 min
Another Memorial Day Weekend
“Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle Everything I do is stitched with its color." — W. S. Merwin Sundog The...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Mar 18, 2012
- 6 min
The Road to Carate
“If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British Philosopher It...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 1, 2012
- 1 min
Back Around
“Happiness is the longing for repetition.” — Milan Kundera Birthday Again Rain’s back, redwood stumps sliding further into duff. Always...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 22, 2012
- 1 min
A Story About Poems
“If I speak for the dead . . . I must write the same poem over and over . . . .” — Illya Kaminsky, poet A Possibly True Story Once there...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 4, 2012
- 1 min
2012: Humming Along
“Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.” — Winnie...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Dec 31, 2011
- 1 min
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...
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...
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