The Beauty of This Life
Thanks to Tricia Stackle Who in 2001 introduced me to Carrie Culver Who in 2011 introduced me to Katy Didden Who in 2011 introduced me to Lindsay Sihilling Who in 2012 introduced me to Kelley Schwartz…
Category: Friends
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,…
Writing with Annie, Northwest Coffee, April 2012
It’s easy to be in the present moment With Anne Fitzgerald I want to listen I want to be receptive I want to assure her That Jesus was right: You, Annie Fitzgerald, are the light…
Gratitude Journal/4
Thank you, Katie Consamus, for responding pronto to my needy request for feedback. Whoosh, you delivered big time! I’m in a new phase of the journey, time to kick it like karate and finish this…
For Courtney Barrett
I wrote this a long time ago … From the tears on my cheek It feels like two minutes ago…. First memory: It’s late 1998, I’m sitting outside at McGee’s, a local bar, with…
Marvelous Error!
for all dear friends who are returning, all dear friends who are leaving, and all dear friends who are staying … Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was…
When Young People Go to War: Share the Wealth with Chris Wallach
What is it that makes young men and women and boys and girls join the service and go to war? What is their experience like once they get there? Chris Wallach will share what she…
Good To Be with You, Too
Marky-Mark–you are such a spark! in those terra cotta colored cords, and your tie-dyed T, driving your fancy mini cooper, shuffling through the SLAM, counting the number of paintings that contained the color, periwinkle. Was…
Morning Meditation, 7.18.2013
May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well May I be peaceful and at ease May I be happy May Irum be filled with loving-kindness May Irum be well May Irum be peaceful…