I see it

with my Eyes closed

almost Home

No matter who

or how old or bent,

we can always see the child within

who yearns for all

that might have been

Promises… Read full post »

I am me / and you are me / and I am you / and we are we /and we are all together.

These days, in ever less and less subtle ways, the independent man has become an enemy of the state.  It is… Read full post »

after he sent me more spam, telling me almost tearfully how he struggled so with the vote to pass the health care legislation, calling himself 'the last man standing.'   The American flag waves in the background of the banner, proclaiming him 'America's most courageous congressman,' and he may b… Read full post »

when fire was our only light

seven lifetimes

times seven

plus a gross

and add eleven

with an indeterminate time;

devoted like a monk, alone

passed like aeons

to atone

the forbidding ache

of wanting you.

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Little do we comprehend, let alone acknowledge that we are surrounded by angels...  Every person is an incarnation of the divine breath of God.  When you see someone else, you are seeing yourself in another incarnation.  So be happy, be kind; and be loving.   Read full post »

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment,

I still have a dream.

Too late

It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

We Cry Out… Read full post »

Haven't seen you in awhile to talk actually with you.   I hope the holidays are good to you.   I'm still living with my co-dysfunctional friends at the farm, and the only one of us spending time with family this year is André.   He's taking care of his Dad, who's… Read full post »

Let's celebrate this season for what it truly represents, and forgo the knee jerk shopping and traffic jams and the mad rush and flu bugs and toxic breakdowns and stock market crashes.

Let's all get together now in joyous community; and eat yummy Tday leftovers, play without having to win,… Read full post »

...that is warm and loving and sweetly uplifting; because I need that so very much. I'm so tired of the healthcare debate and the financial conundrum and the miserable, emotionally sodden trainwreck of gloom 'n doom. On so many levels I attract such positive energy and so many fine, mega talented… Read full post »

I recently requested that my bank take Verizon Wireless off an auto debit plan.  I’m not too happy with Verizon, because my cell phone died again.  I paid $200 for this phone and I already had to replace it once, for the same reason.  It wouldn’t charge.  The replaceme… Read full post »

Today I walked into Chase Bank in Boulder, Colorado and stood in line, intending to cash a check.  It was written by one of their own patrons who has a business account with Chase Bank; but when I got to the teller I was told I could not cash the check… Read full post »

There is an aisle in the middle of Congress…

We recently lost Teddy Kennedy, one of the liberal lefts' most powerful and consistent champions, and amongst the many warmly evocative eulogies, someone (I think it was Zuma) posted the text of Teddy’s famous speech given at the 1980… Read full post »

The health care debate rages on, and the conservative right never ceases to amaze me with their idiotic and bigoted statements about a social issue that was solved decades ago by poorer, ‘less advanced,’ less developed, supposedly less progressive countries who enjoy national universal he… Read full post »

...with special bonus track by Hot Rize.

It didn't end with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers. 

Here's an interesting little diversion from the status quo.  List fifteen books you've read that had an impact on you and will always stick with you.  List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.  In my case, the titles came pouring out, and more and more… Read full post »

Some presume

because I am nomadic

that I’ve always been.

Some think I am a congenital vagabond

and therefore suspect;

a bohemian;

incapable of relationship.

Some don’t know what bohemian really is.

They use the word like… Read full post »

Newport, Rhode Island.

Early March, 2004

                          It had a nice ring to it

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I would like to expand upon the ongoing discussion involving sexual abuse and inequality.  There is a lot of healing going on here, and ultimately that is what needs to happen.  Little is accomplished with nasty remarks or a conscious will to throw our bitterness at one another.  … Read full post »

We are so connected by our cell phones and Blackberrys and keyboards;

I wonder if we can live without them. 

I wonder

at the spectacle of three people walking together,

side by side down the sidewalk,

and each of them is… Read full post »

Najibullah was riding a motorbike on a tree-lined village road just outside the bazaar in Pul-e-Sayad when he saw the suicide attacker in a white Toyota Corolla speeding in the opposite direction.  "He was young, bearded man, wearing a white cap," 22-year-old Najibullah said.  "He slowed do/… Read full post »