23 May, 2017

Ode to a Google Doodle

2018-05-24T17:43:23+00:00May 23rd, 2017|

A year ago today, google doodled Richard Oakes. I love google. Even when they were AI pretending to be IA and then did the old switcheroo and admitted it – well, sort of. I am prone to swim in strong [...]

18 May, 2017

Dancing Life

2018-02-03T02:20:15+00:00May 18th, 2017|

Living is like dancing ... You Waltz Salsa Improv 2 Step Dirge Ghost. Alone. Together. The line from free will to destiny is a Spirit dance. The choice commits between the boundaries of that which can only be seen and [...]

7 May, 2017

Rumi.Nations of Life in Texas

2018-02-03T02:20:54+00:00May 7th, 2017|

  [wpvideo eKRR9hmJ] It was beautiful yesterday and today. The strong wind was finally replaced by a gentle breeze -- the kind that soothes and reminds you that the world can be soft. It was hummingbird nectar day again. They [...]

22 Feb, 2017

Killing a Worldview

2018-02-03T02:22:30+00:00February 22nd, 2017|

Death. I imagine all the ways to deal with such an end. You can come up swinging. Or, you can allow it to be subsumed into a moment in which you become consumed by grief for that now dead world. [...]

19 Feb, 2017

The Last Letter

2018-02-03T02:22:38+00:00February 19th, 2017|

When Pearl Harbor happened, it was like an itch that commanded the big scratch. The day it happened, Grandad called his kids in to hear the radio. You could hear a pin drop but for the announcer and his dramatic [...]

17 Feb, 2017

More than one life …

2018-02-03T02:22:44+00:00February 17th, 2017|

When Dad died, there were 2 versions of his life written for his obituary. My brother’s and mine. My brother’s version won which was only right. Living in the same town, he had been there for the heartbreaking decline. I [...]

15 Feb, 2017

An idyllic time …

2018-02-03T02:22:47+00:00February 15th, 2017|

It’s easy to believe that a floodgate can just open and spill its guts. Years of retaining soaking rains and melting snow gone in a second. Like that, an avalanche of water crashes and crushes everything. But any good engineer [...]

2 Feb, 2017

A writer' life – at the heart of the thing.

2018-02-03T02:22:57+00:00February 2nd, 2017|

I’ve struggled with where to begin. That’s the thing about stories. Where does it all begin and where does it end. So, I will begin where all good stories do – in the middle. It is from where we are [...]

3 Jan, 2017

Light and Dark Matter

2018-02-03T02:23:17+00:00January 3rd, 2017|

All human matters have their light and dark sides. We are a reflection of the universe in which we exist. We swim in a soup of dark matter. About twenty-three percent of the universe's energy is carried by dark matter. [...]

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