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November 2018

November 15, 2018
Poem: "Eucharist" We come around a table lean-to. Some people with smiles and yet others...
November 13, 2018
I have great respect and love for nature and the outdoors. I was born and...
November 12, 2018
‪Poem: "Maelstrom of Kindness" It’s hard to see the extravagant gestures of kindness around us...
November 11, 2018
I went to the coffee shop early this morning. We're closed on Sundays, but our...
November 05, 2018
"Do not love the World" Dust swooped and full of hustle and bustle. It's similar...
November 02, 2018
I grew up in a neighborhood in Southwest Santa Rosa at the time when there...

October 2018

October 29, 2018
  Poem: “Long Revealing” newborn infants arrive into a decaying creation in tender regalia, and...
October 26, 2018
Life definitely has it’s twists and turns. Sometimes our lives end up in a way...
October 24, 2018
Tanka Poem: “Look to Spring” Fall glides from summer. Nature unfolds, shadows hold. Kiss of...
October 08, 2018
Poem: "This Place we call Tierra" the unknotting of oneself from this thing we call...
October 01, 2018
Poem: "Fences" I walk through my town and the palpating segments sliced into the fabric...

September 2018

September 28, 2018
Who am I to give advice concerning something like doubt? I've been struggling with doubt...
September 24, 2018
This past week I've been working on a manuscript of poems about God and nature, I...
September 17, 2018
Ghazal: “Soul” I wish my heart wasn’t a locked empty room. It’s my soul’s desire....
September 16, 2018
The chill in the morning air is getting heavy, and it’s easier said than done...
September 10, 2018
    Poem: "Landfill Memories" I was at the landfill today dropping off some of...

August 2018

August 27, 2018
Poem: “If Hope had Coattails” I had hope once by the coattails. My fingers doubted...
August 24, 2018
We live in a culture where shame and guilt permeate everything and everyone with an...
August 20, 2018
Poem: “To Hell or High Water” out of inky blackness you called the universe into being....
August 15, 2018
As far as we can tell from the gospels, meals were extremely important to Jesus....
August 13, 2018
  Poem: "Coffee Shop Hullabaloo" The coffee shop is abuzz this morning with the usual...
August 08, 2018
We closed our coffee shop for two days—Christmas Eve and Christmas. As a newish small...
August 03, 2018
  "Measure of life" seemingly nothing, but also everything in life is measured. we’ve been...
August 03, 2018
What's so amazing about grace? This is a question I have been asking myself for...
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