This Sea Within, A Poem & Excerpt From My Novel
I wrote this poem while writing my novel This Sea Within about love and war in Central America. I wrote …
Category Archives: Nature
On Mackerel & Metaphor: A Poet Unravels the Universe
One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …
Poetry to Save a Planet in Peril
With all the wildfires, floods, and extreme heat waves going on, it seems the climate catastrophe we heard was coming …
The Primordial Pleasure of Swimming
Now that the weather has warmed and heated our pool, Dale and I go swimming every afternoon. It’s not just …
Returning to a “Strange & Beautiful” Entanglement
Sometimes when needed most, we come across an essay that speaks the words of our heart and reminds us of …
Green Fuse and Pink Blossoms: A Backyard Wonderland
Spring has sprung in early abundance this year. The green fuse that Dylan Thomas wrote about in “The force that through …
Being Me Deeply: Details, Details! Why They Matter
I’m sitting here with my morning coffee, a flicker of fire warming the room while the dark windows slowly lighten. …
Meeting Death Full of Curiosity: Three Poems
Our lives are full of curious and mysterious things, and I’m quite certain what came before our birth and after …
A Mist-Washed World of Endless Emerging Forms
Lately I’ve been waking to a mist-washed world, hills and trees dissolving into each other. I’ve long been drawn to …
Feeling the Flow, from Mountain-Top to Marketplace
Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …
