Hemlock
Sitting. Staring at blankness, hearing the fan knock woodenly as it’s rotation reaches an end point. There is a ballpoint pen in …
Category Archives: Compassion
Our Noble Heart
My heart has been tender of late. Tender to my partner and tender to the pain of this world, tender to the sorrow in what we are doing to life, to all living critters.
Aborting the flowers that bloom at night.
Nights, now I’ve been trying to write and days later here I am, still at it. There is something moving …
Life brings us what our paths require: Liking it is not required
My left arm feels dead. A little stretch and a slight twitch of the fingers and something changed. A twinge, …
Today I awoke…then Pema spoke
Today I awoke with a sore shoulder which set in motion, irritation that turned to agitation which then ignited story …
Ferryman Pt 2: Working in the sacred grounds
Just got off the phone with work wanting to know if “needed could I work tomorrow?” I said “yes,” “You …
What are the odds?
I’ve been feeling nervous, anxious and fearful of late and its due to coming out and its due to expressing …
Lesson # 129: Being helpful to others softens the world.
Eager to practice softening some more and having nothing compelling to do otherwise, I returned to Blue Lake and to …
Arriving at Blue Lake
I arrived at Blue Lake agitated. Agitated, irritated, scared, anxious, worried, my mind all bundled up like a ball of …
Tomo Dachi & the 3 Noble Truths
Once upon a time I woke up into a space of clarity and wisdom of such wholeness and simplicity that …
