What I Know About Ebola — Part I
"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
— Desmond Tutu, human rights
Writing
Access issues of my twice-monthly letter, The Wild Now, plus a growing collection of poems, personal essays & creative nonfiction
The Sound of Light
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart."
— Pablo Casals, Spanish-Puerto Rican cellist,
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
Splintered Hearts: The Women of Rural Ecuador—Visit Field Notes
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.” — Sydney Smith, writer
One Birthday, Remembering Another
“I just can’t comprehend
Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world,
Or the
New Year’s Eve: What I Found in My Notebook
“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions.” — Thich
Waiting for the New Era
“The end is where we start from.” — T. S. Eliot
If on phone, turning it sideways (landscape) best displays poetic
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
Every Child a Caroline & Other Possibilities
“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.”
— Carl Sandburg, poet
When I first meet Caroline
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
Another Memorial Day Weekend
“Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle
Everything I do is stitched with its color."
The Road to Carate
“If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British Philosopher
It is two
Back Around
“Happiness is the longing for repetition.” — Milan Kundera
If on phone, turning it sideways (landscape) best displays poetic line breaks.
A Story About Poems
“If I speak for the dead . . . I must write the same poem over and over....” — Illya Kaminsky, poet
Once there
2012: Humming Along
“Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do
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
A Thanksgiving Story
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself . . . we are star stuff harvesting star light . . . Our loyalties are
Awakening & Surrender
“We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning we awaken to the light ... each