Anonymosity noun / Hostile feelings toward those we don’t know. / Although I clearly hold the correct opinion and they are utterly delusional, I strive to temper my anonymosity.
A lesson in connection
I Image: Ruel del Jamorol Interconnectedness reveals itself in innumerable ways, most very subtle, often hidden. Few are this disarming I have been staunchly anti-war since I was a teenager, confidently so, smugly perhaps, schooled on Howard Zinn, Staughton Lynd, Tom Hayden, and David Harris. But my commitment was never tested. I read … [read more]
Thus
I live in a world, incomprehensibly diverse, with endless patois, patina, pigment, songs, stories, species, tensions and tears, coming and going always. I live in a country changing by the minute, a snake eating its tail, a dream dissolving, its future behind us. I live on a mountain, primed to burn, kindling all around, squawking … [read more]
Learning from non-teaching
Image: Steven van Loy Joko Beck said this about teaching and learning: We don’t see that we are all teachers. Everything we do from morning to night is a teaching: the way we speak to someone at lunch, the way we transact our business at the bank, our reaction when the paper we submit is … [read more]
Less and less
As I get older, I am increasingly satisfied with simple gifts for birthdays and holidays, and often, none at all. There’s nothing I really need and I’ve no list of “have-to-haves”. This book of Nikki Giovanni’s poems is my holiday gift and it made me happy. I got it for myself. Somehow, I knew just … [read more]
Empty pockets
a clock ticks juniper branches scratch my house shadows cross oak floors Rohatsu week begins now my pockets are full of self portraits old grudges future fears lists of what I like and loathe I notice these and overlook the ticking clock, the scratching branch, and the dancing light remove one thing at a time … [read more]
