The Things People Say
for CMB He (well-meaning, sixty-something): You need to hurry up and get a boyfriend, there’s only a few years left for you to have babies, so you need to get moving, go to church, say…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
For Ale Vázquez
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz by Victor Jara
Hold It All
Hold it all The sun blasting away and the clouds offering respite June 1968 and July 1988 The nights I used to work at the Bristol Bar and Grill and the mornings Sara Wall worked…
They Will Want To Know More by Cristina Cousins
Dear Friends, Cristina came to hear Remi Kanazi last Wednesday and to see Five Broken Cameras and hear Iyad Burnat last Friday. I asked her if she’d be willing to write a response. This is what she…
SPOKEN WORD DHARMA
Dear Cristina It’s not that I wish you The affliction of Fame But after seeing Remi Kanazi last night I thought of you Going on the road Doing SPOKEN WORD DHARMA Before small groups and…
Share the Wealth with Annie Fitzgerald: Monday 14 April!
For our next Share the Wealth, Annie Fitzgerald will speak on the three pillars that make her life meaningful: Beauty, Contemplation, and Healing. Annie will invite us to reflect on how these essentials may be…
“This Is It” by Eileen McGrath Mosher
Shim-dawg (lovingly named), My mantra this past week, “This is it,” without knowing it, consciously, it has been on your FB wall. I wondered but without a lot of curiosity what that meant to you….
Mick and Fyodor at the Russian Tea Room (“Just Wanna See His Face”)
“We loved your novel on the Brothers In the early-70s Keith himself musta read it three times He wouldn’t shut up about it” “This pleases me!” “Yeah, he mostly loved Mitya But he was also…
Going and Returning, Receiving and Giving
for Linsey Dieckmeyer 1. Richard Alpert went to India. He entered a whole other world. Grace came knocking at the door, And was looking for Richard. Neem Karoli Baba met him face to face. He…
Just Say Thanks?
1. On last year’s Memorial Day The Cardinals played the Royals And to show their gratitude For the soldiers who died in one war or another The players wore camouflage Instead of their regular uniforms…