Looking Forward to Something
I feel I move backwards into time. The future, unseen, is at my back and I can only see the past, rising up before...
Tag: knowing
Fast and Slow, Close and Far
I keep being surprised when paying attention to the small stuff sharpens my appreciation for larger and more abiding concerns, including the way I...
Slowing Down and Filling Up
This week, doing a TSK exercise (“Going without Going”–modified to allow the ‘goer’ to remain seated, instead of walking very slowly, which for me...
Which came first—the Chicken or the Road it Crossed?
“The projections of the human mind, which ordinarily seem to set the limits on what can be known, become instances of a knowing prior...
On the Coattails of the Flying Moment
Vision isn’t the same as the momentum of the life we are living. When we are actually living a vision (of what life is...
Bigger than a Blue Whale
Setting Sail While rain is manna for a tree And blossoms church bells for a bee We wander in a land of doubt And...
Dialogue is not a One Way Street
A geometry of communication came into my mind the other morning. I was thinking about how a book, written by a local author who...
Comprehending the Mystery
Einstein once remarked that “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” He had good reason to perceive the universe...
Inquiry Outtake
It strikes me as strange that–after reading a dozen books over a span of decades–the themes they address can remain so mysterious. It seems...
Dumpy’s Way–a Turtle Poem by Ken McKeon
The turtle’s name was dumpy, It pawed away and nosed up the spare Dry turf beneath the loose wire fencing That kept our small...