It Takes a Train . . .
A sound somewhere in the neighborhood appeared before my awareness and I understood something illusive. I ordinarily hasten to fill in the gaps in...
Tag: present
Making Good Use of Time
There’s a saying that seems to be born out in experience: “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”. The reason...
What’s Next?
Light is showing up among the branches visible through my sunroom windows. Not enough to predict what kind of day it will be, but...
An Unanticipated Trip.
A man, who for several years hasn’t driven outside the radius that holds his grocery store and a few favorite restaurants, is planning a...
The Saddle Horn is not the Prairie
“Located at a specific point in time and confined to a certain kind of knowing, the self has reasons for ‘measuring out’ events as...
Fundamentally Supportive
“Past, present, and future interact in the undivided dynamic of a circle or a wheel, offering one another fundamental support” Tarthang Tulku, “Knowledge of...
Evolution is a Relationship
Unlike the Republican uncle and Progressive son-in-law brandishing their forks–while pointing out to each outer the one true path–belief systems can, in quiet moments,...
Another Trip around the Sun (#2016)
(Excerpted from my memoir, “The Flying Caterpillar”, ABQ Press, 2013) As we get older and have more say in setting our own agendas, we...
Once Upon a Time There Were Three Times
Young children and animals appear to live in the present with whole-hearted exuberance—as we adults wonder at their lack of regret for past actions...