Quotes for Today
“We speak of nature, of the natural world, as if that were something distinct from ourselves and the...
Every End Leads to a Beginning
The last day of September leads quietly into October. Summer takes one last swipe before fall takes the...
Poem – Where is the Path?
The burning city settles below the horizon as evening darkens trees and empty streets. ~ Lost into haze...
Poem – Transition
Everything has changed since leaving the land of the midnight sun. Squishy, my thoughts have become – what...
Random Thoughts
Fall has taken over Minnesota and what on average are the hottest days of the year, has become...
Poem – Awake
I lie awake at night and during the day and I think of the opportunities I have passed...
Poem – Self
The following poem is from a conversation with Hanakia Zedek regarding Zen and takes place through a series...
Poem – For Patricia
I see a stone path through the graying clouds this near November day. I remember the day smothered...
Poem – Winter’s Last Stand
Listening to Hildur Gudnadottir as winter makes a last stand and we retreat indoors to watch this spectacle...
Searching and Finding
Surrounded by Zen and Buddhism magazines, books reviews, and the latest issue of Edge Magazine, I pause for...
Today’s music and other thoughts
Today is brought to you by the electronic/dub-step band Nero and their album “Welcome Reality”. In effort to...
Back to writing
A lot in the world is going on, and many events or significant milestones have passed. Ideas and...