Sanctuaries of Silence, 7:19: Gotps://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005811102/sanctuaries-of-silence.html Sanctuaries of Silence, an award-winning documentary, is an "immersive listening journey into one of the quietest places in North America," the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park. Acoustic geologist Gordon Hempton refers to silence as the absence of noise from modern life. This silence, he says, "...isn’t the absence of something [...]
The wee Luckster has actually always known his true nature, while I, on the other hand, have needed help. Read on. I could not lie anymore so I started to call my dog “God.” First he looked confused, then he started smiling, then he even danced. I kept at it: now he doesn’t even bite. [...]
On April 20th, a friend and I helped put our beloved friend, Roxy, to rest. Five years of joy, a few months of decline. Not too bad. Roxy was a good girl, a goofball, a gentle 75 pound being. So many people responded with compassion, adding they were sorry for my loss. I bless them [...]
A blessing: May we be released from the cog of repetition, busyness, and familiarity. May we sing ourselves and one another awake. Now. This is what was bequeathed us: This earth the beloved left And, leaving, Left to us. No other world But this one: Willows and the river And the factory With its [...]
This “child’s prayer,” an invocation for attentive presence, is an invitation to bow and sow seeds of empathy and wonder, whatever one’s age. In the name of the daybreak and the eyelids of morning and the wayfaring moon and the night when it departs, I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but [...]
This cartoon requires no commentary, right? I get it, you get it. Such simple images, with or even without the title, are so clear, no treatise is required. Still, there is something I want to say: exquisite attention by the funny looking man is implied in the drawing. To what extent do you meet life [...]
“The artist needs to know how to lose the plot– how to not care and how to not know –and how to actually enjoy that freedom and understand what a blessed revitalizing state all of that mess can be.” Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet. Great quote, right? Yes, it is, though [...]
I marvel over the transformation that unfolds in the space of this poem. To fully appreciate the musicality of the poem, read it out loud. i sat up one nite walkin a boardin house screamin/cryin/the ghost of another woman who waz missin what i waz missin i wanted to jump up outta my bones & [...]
Kissing is certainly not reserved for Valentines only. Heaven forbid! So, for Kissy-Poo month, I'm honoring the vast diversity of essential smooches in which human lips have engaged. As is stated from the outset, this is a Brief Survey and not meant as an exhaustive list. Certain Kisses are missing (i.e, the Dream Kiss [...]
Here you go: an erotic love poem that builds beautifully to the last line. Kaboomi! She nails it. What a stellar ending! After we flew across the country we got in bed, laid our bodies delicately together, like maps laid face to face, East to West, my San Francisco against your New York, your Fire [...]