BE the Squirrel (3 by Ken McKeon)
Thanks, Nancy You want the news. Well, out back a dying tree Found a degree of New life with late springtime rain, I mean...
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The Weaver is Being Woven.
In my own life, I have experienced recurrent changes in how my eyes viewed my world: in 1968, after a fire expelled me from...
Do Dolphins Dream of Eclectic Sleep?
Like sharks, dolphins cannot experience REM sleep. For different reasons, neither species can ever fall asleep in comfortable stillness, and leave their day time...
Bridges Made of Dream
Lying in bed, I realized that I was either just waking up or still inside some kind of dream. In the dream–let’s call it...
Coming Ashore
Was it a bad move to come ashore? Has humanity benefited from leaving home, and setting up shop on the shoreline? The daily news...
A Lonely Dragon Sings
Driving in the car the other day, switching between radio stations, I stopped on one that was playing a cello concerto, and found myself...
Empathy Flows up Stream
Most of us feel we should be generous towards others less fortunate than us. But lacking spontaneous empathy with others, we can feel reluctant,...
Why I Keep Exploring the TSK Vision
“Suppose that the inspiration of new knowledge convinced us to open our clenched hand and let knowledge go free. Would we have lost anything?...
Forrest Gump and Helen (by Pat Simmons)
Here are four short pieces written by Pat Simmons. I know Pat as a friend, writing buddy and the Executive Director of “Friends in...
Water Walking on Water.
It’s raining in New Mexico. Perhaps if it keeps up for another two months, locals will start complaining, but for now we look at...