Presence
I had a shrine for a while A photo collage of the greatest hits of your life I meditated on it on those bright desolate winter days Your effervescence somehow emanating from the black and…
Tag: Mev Puleo
How Father Ignacio Ellacuría Saw Us
In regard to the ideal of the dominant old human being in the so-called North Atlantic and Western Christian civilization, certain features have to be rejected. These include its radical insecurity which leads it to…
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…
Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date
Mev Puleo Died at age 32 May her memory be a blessing Dan Horkheimer Died at age 29 May his memory be a blessing Pete Mosher Died at age 32 May his memory be a…
The Bell Is for All of You
“Anything you are attached to, let it go.” –Buddhist teaching I gave that bell to Mev 25 years ago It must have been sounded 10,000 times Pete heard it In fall of 2001 You heard…
Reflections on “The Book of Mev” from Cochabamba by Kate Raymond
Dear Mark, I return to the United States on December 15th and will spend the holidays with my family in Dallas. Then from the 26th through the beginning of January we will be in Colorado…
You’re the Beautiful Resistance
There’s something about your sharing with me Tears usually are the result Not sadness as in Ach But gratitude as in Ah I’ve known you nine years plus So, of course, we inter-are Muriel Ruykeyser:…
Cece’s Smile
For Mary and Matt A while after Mev died I went to a gathering at Jesuit Hall In honor of Guadalupe Carney Who had lived in Honduras with the poor Scores of people were there…
Elvia Alvarado
Our Latin America Reading Group will discuss Elvia Alvarado’s testimony, Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo on Thursday 30 May at 7 p.m. at Café Ventana. I imagine Elvia meeting up with Che And the revolutionary…
What You Understand Depends on Where You Stand & Where You Stand Depends on What You Understand
for Ellen Mev looked up to Ann Manganaro Co-founder of Karen Catholic Worker House Sister of Loretto medical doctor Compañera to Father John Kavanaugh When Mev went to El Salvador in 1993 For the annual…