Published inILLUMINATION·Nov 16Member-onlyLosing HomeThe sky is falling. The consequences of our actions are upon us. Rather than a minuscule piece of the sky falling on a chicken’s head, this is where the sky falls everywhere on everyone as our illusory idea of control is over. Thanks to our deep interconnectedness we find ourselves…Environment1 min readEnvironment1 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Nov 12Member-onlyAnother Year is Coming.You ready? — Here we go again. Another year is wrapping up in less than two months. How did that happen? So many questions pop up during this time as one year slides into the next. What did I do with 2023? What will I do in ‘24? Where is my life going…Living6 min readLiving6 min read
Oct 30Member-onlyThis Breaks My HeartNothing more to be said — World Gone Crazy1 min readWorld Gone Crazy1 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Oct 26Member-onlyJust Another Day in the MatrixRow your boat merrily . . . life is but a dream. — It’s happening again. Another day is on the rise. I can see the sun’s slow progression turn a velvet darkness into increasingly lighter shades of gray as my rotating planet pushes me forward in space and time. Looking out the window, my backyard stretches and yawns before me. So, yes…Illumination2 min readIllumination2 min read
Published inAge of Empathy·Oct 20Member-onlyLiving Vicariously is One Step Removed From Actual LivingMy Attempt to Get Back to the Real Deal — Watching is not doing. This new mantra popped up inside my head recently. It is gradually getting through to the part of me that feels a great deal of satisfaction doing things vicariously. This chasing after a feeling of fulfillment explains why I watch videos of random people losing massive…Living Well6 min readLiving Well6 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Oct 6Member-onlyImpermanenceThis world of dew is a world of dew, and yet, and yet. — Kobayashi Issa — It’s turning into autumn now. Imperceptibly there is a shift from one season to another. A brief turning of the page to what comes next. It is displaying for us that nothing lasts…Seasons Change1 min readSeasons Change1 min read
Published inAge of Empathy·Sep 15Member-onlyHow to Live Alone and Not Go CrazyMake a bigger circle — My house is hauntingly still. Both my adult children (AKA my roommates) have gone out into the world leaving very little sound happening inside my home. Only a murmuring neighbor. My tinnitus. A dog barks, another responds. This is a glimpse into my future. With no partner I sometimes wonder…Nonfiction6 min readNonfiction6 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Sep 6Member-onlyA Thing of BeautyWhat a Lifelong Preoccupation With My Looks Has Led To — As I sit before my monitor with a head full of curlers, I contemplate the idea of womanly beauty. I am currently of a certain age where you might think any concern with how people see me has long gone by the wayside. But I’m here to say, this is…Self Worth5 min readSelf Worth5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 6Member-onlyCoulda, Shoulda, WouldaBe Careful What You Wish For. It May Require Singing at Open Mics — What does a tree falling in a forest sound like when there’s no one around to hear it? Probably like writing songs in your kitchen and never playing them within hearing distance of any other human. In the past, to avoid this philosophical conundrum, I would allow myself to be…Songwriting5 min readSongwriting5 min read
Jul 25Member-onlyFor Jake at 32The First Time I Saw Ye — Today my first born begins his 32nd year. It has been thirty two years since he spent nine months roaming around in my body until he outgrew the accommodations and it was time to become his own entity. On that day the very first expression I remember him making as…Birth1 min readBirth1 min read
