Travelling Companions
When I left Montreal in the 1970’s, I brought a book with me that some of my Montreal friends were reading. I never got...
Category: Companions in Time
Is it me or is it the World?
Something happened last week. And I don’t know whether it was a final shoe being dropped to join a hundred other already fallen shoes,...
Unexpected Consequences
We live inside the modern idea that, as an individual, we should be able to chart a course that gives us a chance to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Learning about Myself
I’ve been reading a book of poems Sent to me by a friend Trying to learn how it’s done From someone who knows himself...