Why Self-Interest Often Prevails
Intentions that are inclusive, holistic, and concerned about the well-being of our communities can have a hard time producing a clearly focused message, especially...
Yearly Archives: 2017
An Open Secret
I sometimes imagine that I have been let in on a secret about the meaning and purpose of human life—but that I only have...
Everytime I Die (Ken McKeon)
Four Poems by Ken McKeon Afterlife Evening Words Morning Sighting In Place Afterlife The guy had carried his bike around the mudslide That has...
From Far Off Mountains
My wife and I are planning to visit a friend in Durango tomorrow. Our major preparation has been to get family members to look...
Fake Blonds and Inconvenient Truths
Let’s not give him a name. He is just a phenomenon of the twilight of forgotten knowledge and the inevitable consequence of our society’s...
A Traveling Time Piece
As he looks ahead to his 75th birthday it surprises him that he doesn’t feel any closer to the end of a journey; and...
Poor Cousins of the True and the Good
This morning, a thought popped to the surface of the stream that seems to flow without cease through my mind—even when I am unaware...
Trusting what we know
I’ve become accustomed to my e-mail inbox filling up whenever I turn my back–like a boat with a leak that will sink if you...
Mid Way and Still Here (Two Poems by Ken McKeon)
Mid Pacific No road signs in mid Pacific, No calving ice bergs signaling true North, No every now and then island chain Between Hawaii...
Deal of the Day
A man was at the checkout counter at Smiths, the neighborhood grocery store where he often shopped. It was late afternoon and he had...