Choosing Forgiveness

This August is a scratchy thing to cuddle with, dull & smelling vaguely of rot. I move in & out…

Nothing Lasts Forever

I am caught by the peculiar gravity of life, its sheer & unexpected weight. I am “impressed” by it in…

All the long, nonpareil days of August, I waited Walking beaches incessantly Combing the tides for word from you Only…

My life has been sectioned off pretty securely. There was being a child, a ‘tween, a teen, etc. But when…

We wore fringe like the Buddhists wear bracelets: we became aware, the world danced around us, the lightest breeze lifting…

I am losing height. I refuse to say “shrinking.” I say, instead that I am “condensing.” The saying about the…

The thoughts sometimes gang up on each other, yeh? I catch myself in the midst of one even as another…

Going up the stairs is so different from coming down. The wolves at the door watched, silent, as I left…

Dear God, Help me remember it all – the strife, the conflict we so no longer need. I think we’ve…

(To GE*) This essay is about discovering mindfulness. Oh, not in the Tibetan way. I am reading a…