Alive beyond Alive
My friend Loyola works at Mount Saint Joseph (she’s chair of the Art Department) and knew Pete Mosher. We reminisced last night and today before Pete’s funeral. Cab picked me up at Lo’s this morning…
Category: Correspondence
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, Walt, and I (And Most Everybody Else We Know)
Cab, Here’s section 51 of Song of Myself, which you’ve heard me and others quote scores of times, and even today as we discussed The Brothers Karamazov. And you might also enjoy June Jordan’s essay,…
“I Know You Can Read My Mind”
You can cry on my shoulder anytime, no questions asked You can use me to train for the Guinness Book of World Records for Lingering You can take me for a Lou Reed ride in…
What I Wrote the Night before You Spoke (Gratitude Journal/8)
Suhad, I thank you even before you speak tomorrow because I know you’ll be passionate I know you’ll tell your truths I know you will be fierce and charming I know you will honor your…
Austere, Moral, Mythic, Ceremonial
Thursday 31 October 2013 Magan, A while back I read this collection, Sartre on Theater, and I noted especially the following passages from his lectures, interviews, and articles. I want to share them with you,…
When Truth Is Staring You in the Face
Tasha Morris sent me a message a few weeks ago and I post a portion of it below. She told me I could share it, no problem. We studied Social Justice in spring 2007 at…
The Diamond Sutra Explained
She asked me,”Hey Shimmelstoy Are you headed to Mississippi To see Thich Nhat Hanh?” “Naw, ” I said “I already see him twice a week When I’m with Chris Wallach”
Dear Doctor Marwaha
Back then we did shots Of Liquid Cocaine Feasted on the dishes At Little Saigon Café Talked about Red Warren’s All the King’s Men You gave me an authentic George W. Bush doll
Gratitude Journal/5 (“Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it”)
Several of us have been meeting weekly at a friend’s home on DeMun in a class, “Expanding the Heart: The Practice of Gratitude.” We’re keeping gratitude journals. Here’s a recent entry from mine. Thank you,…