January 3, 2026 …Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias   The ill, the elderly, the infirm…Sometimes they emit an involuntary, mournful humming, something between a whimper and a sob. An undercurrent murmur of subtle grief.  In nursing facilities, assisted […]

January 2, 2026 Flame and rust, the permutations of burning. You’re on fire… It’s what you’ve come for… It won’t stay with you, but you’ll remember that it felt like nothing else you’ve felt or something you’ve felt that also didn’t last. ~Lloyd Schwartz, Leaves   I couldn’t bring myself to offer more than lukewarm […]

December 27, 2025 To be or not to be, that is the question. ~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet I’ve been ambling along in a kind of fuzzy complacency, assuming that I’ll Ascend. And why not? I’m aware that humanity is destined to Ascend, along with Gaia. Many sources tell us that not just Earth, but unfathomable […]

December 24, 2025 Sitting in quiet contentment earlier, I realized something was…missing. It’s Christmas Eve. No great plans for Christmas, in fact we’re not acknowledging it at all. (Talk of holidays or birthdays upsets my elderly, cognitively impaired mother.) For the last 15-plus years, this has been distressing and depressing, especially at Christmas. I wondered […]

December 20, 2025 I like a look of Agony Because I know it’s true—… The Beads upon the Forehead By homely Anguish strung. ~Emily Dickinson, I like a look of Agony   I spent a day in slightly giddy imagining of a new car. How fun it would be, not to mention peace of mind […]

December 13, 2025 A ghost against the sun, A shiver in the grass, Dead memories that drift, And pass, and pass. ~Helen Dudley, Against the Sun   The very large pepper tree in the yard behind us died, and with great regret, the neighbors had it removed. It affects four homes, the tree being at […]

December 6, 2025 Nothing needs to be explained, justified, or even understood to move beyond it. ~ TUT.com I think what Kerry K relayed in a recent video—that people vibrating at different frequencies are becoming invisible to each other—might be true. I made a perfectly audible, friendly comment to someone in the parking lot at […]

November 28, 2025 I met a traveller from an antique land…~ Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias I’ve become obsessed with scrubbing away grime to uncover shine. It started with ripping out mouldering old carpet from the litter-box closet and covering the alarmingly decomposed 60s-era linoleum with sassy new sheet vinyl, black-and-white-checked like an oversized outdoor chessboard.  […]

October 4, 2025 I dream my painting and I paint my dream. ~Vincent Van Gogh The recent med bed video posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account, and Skye Prince’s declaration about the imminence of their arrival, has me contemplating that we may soon be free from all ailments. My understanding of med bed treatments […]

September 27, 2025 You and I are made of stardust. We are the stuff of exploded stars. ~ Bill Nye The advice to live a heart-centered life seems to be intrinsic to most spiritual practices. I can understand that. But one of the quirks of being a lifelong writer is that words come alive and […]

September 22, 2025 …I am the angel who sweep air in and out my own dancing body. I got good eyes. I can see. A good piece down the road. Clear to God murmuring in me. ~Angela Jackson, Angel   On this day of the autumnal equinox, balancing the before and the after, I’m considering […]

September 20, 2025 Never miss a good chance to shut up. ~ Will Rogers It seems like everyone has something to say about the murder of Charlie Kirk. I think anyone with half a heart has been deeply affected, even traumatized. Many right-leaning commentators have jumped on the bandwagon, littering the electronic airwaves with solemnly […]

September 18, 2025 The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time. ~ Ben Okri I’ve been navigating through the strangest situation I’ve ever experienced. It gradually dawned on me that it’s probably karmic and/or ancestral in nature. As I’m meandering along the poorly […]

August 30, 2025 Soul, don’t complain, says Senhal…~ Rebecca Ariel Porte, Senhal’s complaint While I’m longing to be elevated into the divine serenity of higher dimensions while still here on Planet Earth, the Third Dimension has hold of my coattails and won’t let go. I will take responsibility for not always corralling my repetitive thinking. […]

August 23, 2025 I ride earth’s burning carousel. Day in, day out. ~Sylvia Plath I’ve never been able to wrap my head around pain as a spiritual growth necessity. All kinds of pain, but particularly physical pain. It seems especially counterintuitive that mentally impaired individuals are expected to have any pain-instigated ah-ha! moments. Long after […]