otherwise.
Otherwise I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning I did the work I love. At noon I lay down …
thinking thursday.
mind :: my brain and yours Here's what I'm reading now: Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence, The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School; and Medium Raw. How about you? What should I add to my book stack? Put more in. (Thanks to Malaprop's Bookstore for the …
poetry wednesday : forgiveness
Forgiveness Forgiveness Is a thousand pains Placed one by one In small boats Kissed tenderly And sent out to sea Sometimes a few float back The exquisiteness of the pain Remembered Kissed yet again Then placed in its boat and sent out As many times as it takes Will they …
thinking thursday.
mind :: my brain and yours I am posting this "thinking thursday" from 37,000 above ground. I AM SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE SKY. That's amazing. Think you're operating on free will? Think again. learning :: my education and yours U.S. public libraries: We lose them at our peril …
poetry wednesday : who is your someone?
The Journey Above the mountainsthe geese turn intothe light again Painting theirblack silhouetteson an open sky. Sometimes everythinghas to beinscribed acrossthe heavens so you can findthe one linealready writteninside you. Sometimes it takesa great skyto find that small, brightand indescribablewedge of freedomin your own heart. Sometimes withthe bones of the …
thinking thursday.
mind :: my brain and yours One day I sat on a plane beside a man who studies teen brains. "Really?!" I said. "Tell me." "They aren't like adult brains," he said. I smiled. "Even the most academic question lights up the emotional part of teen brains. They don't process …
poetry wednesday : among your duties, pleasure is a thing that also needs accomplishing
The Word. Down near the bottom of the crossed-out list of things you have to do today, between “green thread” and “broccoli” you find that you have penciled “sunlight.” Resting on the page, the word is as beautiful, it touches you as if you had a friend and sunlight were …
found-art tuesday : how you see me.
“There is nothing more artistic than to love others.” -Vincent van Gogh I have started doing readings in homeless shelters. I want to do this work in the world. If you’re alive, you’re creative. If you make art, you find and define who you are in the process. Life is …
simple action saturday : smile
Everyone smiles in the same language. Reach across the divide, smile.
