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click on picture to visit the story ‘With Mardi Gras over, Lent Begins’ Last night as I lowered my eyes ashes on my forehead marking the spot where heaven meets earth the crucible of the thing heart breaking open teshuvah returning to an earlier state sorrowfulness for having left Eden and gone naked into my [...]
You forgot that you were grieving Because the ice had helped hold the inner waters from leaking Like Manoa Falls out for all to see And now they cascade over rocks and under the lushness of Orchids over Palms over every ridiculous beauty And you scratch your way up the mountain face Slipping in the [...]
Who is she? I look up from my place at the table and see her…. She’s staring right at me. There’s something about her I sort of recognize. BUT…the hollowness, the lines, the distant eyes are so out of place She looks tired…no, weary. Like she carried a heavy load for a long way. I [...]
With Beth having fun in Mexico, I have volunteered to lower the standards of the VTH by publishing an extra post or two. Here is a poem I just ran across that got me to considering what it takes to express our spiritual perspective. Woulds’t thou know my meaning? Lie down in the Fire See [...]
Every now and then, I am lucky enough to comes across a friendly little video that uses a sledge hammer to wake me up. It’s so easy for me to slip into the dream of “The American Dream” and pretend I don’t bob and weave on the currents of capitalism. Then, a video like The [...]
I am the universal donor Everyone can receive …my love. i AM love As are we all; A single love Radiating from a Single Source. In response to the prompt “single” from Figments of Imagination at One Single Impression. ]]> Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]
One of my teachers, Jonathan, says: There are three things that we need to know, deeper than our own breath: 1. We are Love: nothing more, nothing less. Calcified, reified, rarified, embodied love. 2. There is enough of everything in the universe. No need to snatch, grab, greed, lust, crave, despair about [...]
After 42 years of living on this Earth, I decided it was high-time I bake a “real” pie. Oh…several months ago, I had came to the same decision and then chickened-out and made a “galette” instead. A Galette is sort like a big turn-over. It’s no-where near the same as a pie – it doesn’t [...]
Poem of the Month ~ February 2010What a month! Ground Hog’s Day, Mardi Gras, Purim, Chinese New Year! Wow! A veritable explosion of carnival energy! A while back some famous dudes, wrote: “Let your freak flag fly!” So go on…enjoy those marvelous eccentricities in yourself and those who people your world…find fresh new meaning in [...]
A couple of Sundays ago I spent a few hours in the kitchen/dining room of the local Bend’s Community Center (BCC), where every Sunday, 52 weeks a year, full nutritious meals, along with sack lunches to go, are served for those who are homeless or underemployed. The amount of people coming through range from 200-300 [...]
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