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Today’s Music
To wash away the stress that is life, I have given myself to Richard Skelton and Olafur Arnalds. Wading into the pool of ambient, classical, and slightly electronic, my mind is able to step back, regroup, and dive back in. This weekend is filled with poetry readings and other literary events around the Twin Cities…
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Poem – Mars
Random Thoughts of Mars, life, its origination Steeped in science fiction stories and the books of lore. On a peaceful and sunny day, scattered clouds thin I looked at the sky toward things I could not physically see and pictured you, dear Mars. The center of attention. Ancient questions of the human race surface with…
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Inspiration
A beautiful and peaceful evening in MN with 70s and the sun low in the sky, casting light beams through the moon-shapped windows. I have been listening and reading about the Mars rovers and partaking in my own speculation as to what they may find. This is proving to be quite inspirational for new poems…
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Return
This has been a quiet weekend, with time to get caught up on, well, life. A recurring theme with thoughts and what is transpiring around me is the neighborhoods people grew up within, traditions, and returning to our roots. I grew up in NE Minneapolis, attended Lutheran church, and tried to survive the taunting of…
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Music ideas
I’ve been working on a new piece about life, titled appropriately enough “This is Life”. I’m tying to capture the raw, unscripted, unknown until they happen moments, that are seemingly just out of reach for us to control or manipulate them, where we are left staring at them eye to eye, and consume them whole,…
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Chapter 9 and 10 of The Proven Life
The last two chapters (Chapter 9, Chapter 10) of The Proven Life have been posted. This completes the entire book, consisting of Part 1 (14 chapters) and Part 2 (10 Chapters). The Proven Life was started on May 7th 1993 and is still a work in progress that I hope to have completed in a…
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Where
It seems I have been lost in the ether again. The weather here has been chaotic, oscillating within days between mid-summer and early fall. My thoughts seem to follow this pattern and are in synch with the weather, as my writing has gone from productive to nothing and everything in between. Recent events, including a…
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Proven Life, Chapter 7 and 8
I have posted Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 from Part 2 of “The Proven Life” for your reading pleasure.
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Poem – Bullets in my Sky
My sky I built Hands bound Tight noose Vibrant blue Stretching forever My sky I built My life I built Mind controls Thoughts forgotten Bullet filled Piercing blow Shattered mirror Glass raining Outstretched arms Catching pieces Razors tearing Shreds gone I awake Palms wet Distant thoughts Cloudy memories Surrounding myself White sheet Please forgive My…
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Questions, Decisions, Summer, Randomness
Before the sun winks, I am on my way to start another day and wondered, is this what summer smells like? The air is damp and thick with moisture that has encased fragrant flowers. The trip to Alaska is coming up quickly now. I find myself in the same predicament as the trip to Mt…