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 …
Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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 …
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 …
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. …
Growing Younger, Day by Day, a Gift
I just celebrated another birthday and thought I’d share with you again something I wrote a few years ago. For …
On Herds, Husbands & Being in Love
Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …
A Deer Screams — Beauty & Brutality at Home and the Hills of Vietnam
The most horrifying sound I’ve ever heard came one night soon after we moved here. A scream of pure terror …
Multiple Layers of Reality in Film, and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
To Hu-Mor, or Less? That Is the Question
Last week I was questioning whether my blog had become too serious. To even ask such a question, of course, …
Struggling to Blog
I’ve been struggling to find something to blog about this week. Actually I spent half a day yesterday working on …
