Shadows and humming, songs and solitary notes. Light coming through the holly leaves. Circles of shadows on the snow from the red berries. Birds folding themselves into the pointed trees. The sound of the refrigerator or the heating system when the wind isn’t speaking. The ice already melting and winter just settling in. The...
Wild blues
The mosaic of grief and resilience. Resources and writing based on the script of The Wild Blue.
Go with the flow
Melville looked for an “insular Tahiti” and you know what, that’s not a bad idea. The notion that you can go with the flow and be in the place that feels right is related to this island within your being. There are so many things that pull on us you’d think we’d come with...
Hieroglyphics
“Everything in this world has a hidden meaning…men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics…when you see them, you do not understand them. It is only years later..that you understand…” Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek I’ve misunderstood hieroglyphics for a long time. Always took them to mean the unknown. In truth it’s about...
the right wave
Everything is Buddha-full in its own way-ay I can’t help but be silly today Pronouncements are bounding out of my fingertips before I can censor them. Maybe it’s the season. Summer is a release from winter pushed by the green green fuse of spring. Sure, that’s a lot like Dylan Thomas. What is more...
Dipped in Honey
Crazy drunk bees and a Monarch butterfly enter every piece of blue sky I find in this city. Thinking of you through the spin of days and wings I’ll allow myself these thoughts, cut my hair, and remember how I wanted you while touching you. There really aren’t any bees just the thought that...
Spring is another door to your opening
Many people take solace from nature but don’t always seek nature when they need solace. Someone has to say to them, “Go by the ocean.” Or, “Why not take a walk in the woods?” There have been times when I felt the deep pain of loneliness. Now it seems that the feeling of loneliness...