Where ~~~~~ no one stays no one goes outside, the trees await the snow only staying always going quietly, the hills catch falling snow someone sees someone hears in here, so still wet snow rests ~~~~~ -Geoff Shōun O’Keeffe March 11, 2021
Writing
Frozen
Image courtesy Aaron Burden At six below zero the other side of the canyon holds its breath out my window across Six Mile Creek. The sun fills the frozen space between with a million dancing diamonds just for me. ~~~~~ -Geoff Shōun O’Keeffe 021421
Denouement and Revelation, America in Decline: Two Weeks In The Life
Change is hard. Giving birth (I hear) is painful. Weight training hurts. Learning math or Mandarin Chinese makes the brain ache. Political and social change are chaotic, uncertain and scary. But dig: A Black Woman worked tirelessly for years to enfranchise voters of color in Georgia. She succeeded. Even after being the victim herself of … [read more]
Three Bows to 2020
Three Bows to 2020 I loved 2020. I know that beggars popular orthodoxy, but it is so true. And it may trigger some of you. I apologize for that. You have a right to be indignant about 2020. I do feel deeply for all the pain and loss everyone is suffering. But for me, personally, … [read more]
Me and Jeff and Shawn
Me and Jeff and Shawn Geoff O’Keeffe On Friday, April 14, 2000, I was attending a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas at, if I recall, Paris, Paris. The other tacky theme hotels must have been booked. The topic of the conference was multi-channel retail, being the strategy for a big retailer to have a … [read more]
Ango Pieces, Fall 2020
Sen-jo and her soul are separated Shōun sits alone up on Lee Hill the wind whips a branch out a window grey waves lap the shore in California the sun will set soon, in the west. 11.14.20 Sunday family Zoom-zazen Sunday family Zoom-zazen Seattle Oakland Massachusetts Colorado same breath, one body, our heart beats … [read more]