A Wider Winnowing
During this time of decline when so much is shrinking: friends dying and for the most part not being replaced; the public exercise of...
Free Radicals (expanded version)
Like a maple tree, our bodies grow from a seed; gathering stellar dust and organic nutrients found in their planetary environment into a trunk...
Free Radicals
Like a maple tree, our bodies grow from a seed; gathering stellar dust and organic nutrients found in the planetary environment into a trunk...
They Called Again
They called again; and once more I listened. Should I tell you what their new story is? You probably have your own solicitations that...
A Water Sign
I was born under a water sign: Cancer. Certain experiences that I encounter seem to confirm the characteristic of being like water. Others feel...
Something to Hope for
If we were given the following three possibilities and asked which we hope will arrive in the future, which would we choose: 1/ the...
Balancing Act
It’s a hard lesson to learn: That in this hall of mirrors We’re spending a lot of time, trying To place the one who...
Gathering Threads
I’m not an anthropologist But I’m interested in human beings. I’m not a psychologist But I live in a human mind. What choice do...
Send Me a Sign
After all these years Why would I want a sign? Seven years in now, I’m doing pretty well. And at 83, I’ll soon know...
Forty Miles and Counting
–For Dan I’m borrowing a line from my poet friend Who probably won’t be transcribing any more travel logs During the rest of his...