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Forgiveness: My Definition

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Forgiveness, as a phrase, has become diluted.  It has become this carte blanche meaningless thing.  It lacks the real import it once carried.  I was feeling into this today.  Someone asked me what it would take for me to forgive … Continue reading →

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Silent Bird

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

The leaves trickle trail, trickle trail to the ground, windmill wandering seeking their final rest.  Wet.  Everything is wet from the nights unexpected downpours.  As I drive by the creek with my daughter the creek shows it’s swollen cheeks.  The … Continue reading →

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Poetry: Wanting

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Wanting Can you grasp the appeal of shipyard steel? Can you see the gunners sweating in their turrets, the tarmac crowded with runners? The war is here, the war is here! Did you see how the ocean buried the dead … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan, Razia’s Rays of Hope and You

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

I do not experience blind compassion.  I can love a person and see their innate value and path but still not trust them.  For some people, their dysfunction multiplies and propagates BECAUSE you endeavor to trust them.  Offering someone unconditional … Continue reading →

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Seachange: A Householder’s Tale

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

I love that word…SEACHANGE.  And yes, I know it is meant to be written as “sea change” but when I lived in Greenville, NH the only real business in that tiny hamlet was the company, Seachange,  and I fell in … Continue reading →

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Guitar Strings and Refining things

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

I have to say that I had no idea that my recent POSTING earlier today would stir up what it did for so many.  In between yoga out in the meadow under my favorite tree in the grass…I had many … Continue reading →

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Honoring Linda, my Teacher

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Earlier today I found out that my teacher, Linda, left her body on Sunday morning.  I knew that she was ill.  I had the opportunity to speak with her about 3 months ago.  It was the first time I had … Continue reading →

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Retrospective

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

Warning: This posting has some graphic descriptions of a car crash I was in.  Not for the squeamish. It was July 15, 1988.   I woke up and said good morning to Syracuse, NY, having just flown in on a … Continue reading →

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Poetry: Love Without Reserve

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Love without reserve fall up into the air stumble over your fear land ahead of it with hands open catch your heart love this life of yours. Love without reserve to save yourself from regret without reserve.  

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Poem: Gave Her Love

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Her constant speaking camouflaged how she was silent about truth. No one ever found her. She was the beakless bird. She rose from the sound her mother drowned in emerging with the bay all over her like wolf’s clothing. Her … Continue reading →

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