2018-07-07 19:32
They say this world is an illusion, a false reality, a ruse within God’s plan, separate from the powerful innocence of the Creator.Perhaps this is true…except, I think… Read More
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Exploring the creative life with emphases on deep ecology, beauty, spiritual evolution and a simple artistic lifestyle.
2018-01-25 17:33
After an encounter with someone I had once considered vastly different than me.He told me that Adam and Eve saw the exact same stars and sky as we do now.He told me that God "spread forth th… Read More
2017-01-08 20:45
Is Life a Train Track or a Living Spiral of Experience?Sometimes I wonder:What if this seemingly finite lifespan was the only eternity we have?What if every moment was preserved and availabl… Read More
2016-05-30 16:52
I had a heart catheter procedure done this week. What an amazing experience to be awake and see a living picture of the inside of one's own heart in real time. I am especially grateful to be… Read More
2016-04-27 16:14
Who Observes the Course of Your Life?In my last blog entry I wrote about changing one’s mindset in the midst of personal challenges. I was writing with the intention of changing course… Read More
2016-03-03 21:03
THE WINDS OF FATE One ship drives east and another drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. 'Tis the set of the sails, And not the gales, Which tell us the way to go. Like the winds… Read More
2016-02-10 19:36
There comes at least one moment in life when one has the opportunity to break the bridge that binds one to the past and future, when one can live as present and be alive to all the senses. T… Read More
2016-01-12 20:38
Burrows Island, Anacortes, Washington 9/15I've been considering happiness and the mindsets that create happiness. Looking out into the sphere of worldly news it's easy to crumble into the sa… Read More
2015-11-10 17:40
Have you ever put some much effort, identified so much with an idea, thing or person, that you lose your identity in them? This was written to explore our attachments to what and who we a… Read More
2015-11-03 18:54
The Following is a musing on Space-Time and Manifestation: This morning I was sitting at the window writing about what I saw: The green field heavy with rain, the Cooper's Hawk wa… Read More
2015-09-17 19:53
Look, Ink is Bleeding Through My Fingers!The farm season is winding down. The season to expand inward, the season to create and write is here. For four hot months the characters in the new b… Read More
2015-08-16 17:06
In the gloaming on Sunset Beach, Anacortes, WA.I found this poem I wrote crumpled in the sheaves of my journal:Walking in the gloaming garden, my skin gliding through the silken quiet, orang… Read More
2015-08-05 15:45
The Hungry Ghost by RSSI was feeling distressed this past day with voices rising up from our world which promote hatred and a form of individual rights which trample the rights and needs of… Read More
2015-07-27 15:18
A simple poem sequence from a dream after falling asleep to a song by Tina Malia, called Shores of Avalon*. And then my response when awakening to a clearing sky after the rain. Finally a wh… Read More
2015-06-18 03:29
The leaves tremble and the cottonwood tree releases her starry light.I saw this cottonwood forest in Idaho last week shedding a whole sky of starry snow. It got me thinking about how the sou… Read More
2015-04-15 17:33
Rules for Writing in Your Journal...Or Any Sojourn into Expression and Creativity. Just begin.Start at the beginning:A word, a thought, a sensation, a glimmering dream, nothing...Not even no… Read More
2015-04-04 17:34
Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. … Read More
2015-04-02 18:39
This is a poem written by the main character who is coming to life in the process of writing my new book. Have you ever began a creative project and found a life and vibrancy within the the… Read More
2015-03-23 17:35
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life i… Read More
2015-01-18 18:02
Today I want to tell youabout my life, this life,our life here and now.I want to tell youabout the storm last night,how the friction of rain on the roofsang in a throaty steady moan.I want t… Read More
2015-01-06 17:14
To the subscribers who only got code in their notice of my last blog, here's a better link to the musings on machismo: Machismo and the Spiritual-Creative LifeMandala of Per… Read More
2015-01-05 22:29
Let There be a Place For Everyone Here The machismo-ego is alive and well in the spiritual lives of many people who have claimed higher ground. Men, women, contrite, spiritual... we're all… Read More
2014-12-04 18:03
Cargo Vessel and Sailboat off Coronado Island, CA. 11/14Two poems I found for you in last year's journal. They remind me that in a moment everything can change... a life may flicker ou… Read More
2014-11-03 18:39
"Let the soul be hungry. Its hunger is the source of your Love." … Read More
2014-10-21 18:26
Have you worked on a personal project with diligence and idealism? What about a way of life or a love affair or a work of art? Did that process turn out the way you dreamed? What if it faile… Read More
2014-09-09 18:22
Banquet Room at the Hotel Del Coronado"If you get stuck, lower your standards and keep going." … Read More
2014-07-09 17:34
What the Garden Has Taught Me: The chard, in the wrinkled burning of green and red, speaks to me this morning. Each plant pulls hidden nutrients up from the Earth. Each soa… Read More
2014-07-04 16:38
Returning after an estate sale at my parent's house this week:When I think of all the stuff I saw disappear. Sold. Poof....years of collecting, thrown out into the world. All the beautiful t… Read More
2014-06-25 16:39
This was a dialogue I had within myself as I sat at the cabin window this morning. I ask you, dear reader, who is it that dialogues within the body, within the soul?:Out in the garden the un… Read More
2014-04-09 17:21
When I was seven I taught myself to consciously record my experiences within the cells of my body. I remember one time vividly. I was sitting at the dining room table with my whole family, a… Read More
2014-04-01 17:42
I wanted to tell you about a dream I had about freedom and life.I was in a great school with my father, step mother and brother. The school was a magical building with rooms that expanded an… Read More
2014-03-30 17:45
Sunrise on the Art FarmLetter to One in the Near Future: If I had a time capsule I'd send you the sky. If I could include you in this moment, I'd send you the heady spring sky. I'd send you… Read More
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