Accompaniment/2

Alive beyond Alive My friend Loyola worked at Mount Saint Joseph and knew Pete Mosher. She and I reminisced before Pete’s funeral. Cab Yau picked me up at Loyola’s that morning and we went to…

Accompaniment/1

Memory Flash He was focused, steady, concernedI was standing with Pete Mosher On South Grand by SLU in 2001Holding banners Condemning US sanctions on IraqAs cars and pedestrians go by Wednesday 19 September A sunny…

In Medias Res/1

    Beautiful Friendshipsby Clara Takarabe Mark, I’ve been ruminating on your last email. There are a few things that come to mind really strongly when you asked that question, “what is important and what…

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…

Moments

Friday 6 December 2013 Dear Eileen Thank you for being real In an unreal time Is it Death breathing down your neck Or just another terrifying episode to the ER 1/8th step forward 40 meters…

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…