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We Can Do Better

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

“Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.” – Henry Williamson If the pale pink blossoms of the tulip trees and the dark purple crocuses weren’t already announcing the arrival of spring, then the … Continue reading →

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Heart of the Wild

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

wer.i.fest.eria (V)  To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery. On a long forgotten winding bus route from downtown out to the bay to catch the ferry to Vancouver Island, we were greeted by vistas of darkest green … Continue reading →

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Rise

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

“ The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Zen Saying A false fall is beginning to make itself known as I walk beneath a shower of gently falling rain-starved leaves, catching sight of … Continue reading →

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Taste the Sun

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

“ The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.” – Rebecca Harding Davis There are delicate dragonflies dancing among the summery air currents on my afternoon walk to taste the sun. After a sheltered stroll … Continue reading →

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Real Time

Posted on February 26, 2017 by

“ Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” – Kurt Vonnegut Warmer air amid the lingering light herald this early rush of spring, showing up in lush masses of white snowdrops, the royal … Continue reading →

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Writing In The Space Between Now And Then

Posted on July 21, 2016 by

“ By writing at the instant, the very heartbeat of life is caught.” – Walt Whitman Thunder is rumbling just above me in the now darkened sky as I sit in the jewel-like parklet not far from where I live. The … Continue reading →

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Twilight Revels

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

“ The Realm of Fairy is a strange shadowland lying just beyond the fields we know.” – Author Unknown The wind is whistling and howling up against the glass of the balcony windows, a reminder from Winter, even though my eyes … Continue reading →

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Nomad

Posted on February 18, 2016 by

“What a joy, to travel the way of the heart.”  Rumi Yesterday, I gave in to my nomadic ways and headed over to the East Side to check in at my old place of work, a local recycling company. It … Continue reading →

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Winter Spirit

Posted on December 10, 2015 by

“Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” – Epicurus At this time of year my feeling of abundance comes in the form of a stack of books (both new and second-hand) on a shelf in the … Continue reading →

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Cafe San Angel Notes

Posted on September 24, 2015 by

The genesis of my Mexico writing life began at a local cafe down the road from our studio at the “Janitzio”. I had started a small journal when we stayed in those 2 rooms on Lazaro Cardenas, writing mostly on … Continue reading →

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