Open the clutched hand weary and veined - you’ve been holding on to yourself - fall into safety - flow from stillness - the pond’s reflection is your grail - attract what you already have become who you already are - On the vast plain of awareness, sun and stars mirror the ecstasy of being. [...]
Dateline: Birky, Ukraine I’ve been quiet lately, I know. Since I last wrote, I’ve been to Karde, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; and a little town called Nida on the coast of Lithuania. I spent two weeks immersed in Russian language classes in Kiev, and I’m currently nestled into my DIY writer’s retreat in the countryside of [...]
Transformation! Such an overused word... light enough to be tossed around like a frisbee, yet heavy with the gravity of possible meanings. It suggests the process of turning into something completely different, which sounds pretty scary... and fortunately untrue. A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, but its essence is still the same. The outer appearance [...]
Midlife crisis is such a cliche. The countdown to my 5oth birthday started at 48 when I quit my job, bought a camper and roamed around the US national parks with my camera. By 49 I was nearly in a panic. Not because I was about to turn 50, but because I still felt like [...]
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