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Creating a Cover: When Things Go Missing

March 30, 2025

I’m excited to show you the cover of my new novel! It was created by Owen Gent, a talented artist …

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A Happy Ending for My Novel, at Long Last!

December 8, 2024

Some of you may remember me writing about my novel From the Far ends of the Earth years ago, how …

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On Herds, Husbands & Being in Love

September 29, 2024

Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …

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Seamless Being, A Poem

August 20, 2023

Seamless Being I’m not sure what there is to say anymore about being me,Who I am-was-will-be.We flow together seamlesslyWithout end. …

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Hot Hills in Summer Heat, A Poem

July 23, 2023

Hot Hills in Summer Heat I watch them every summer, the hot hills Crouched like a lion beside the road, …

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What Joy! Poetry in Motion in Art, Dance, & Writing

March 5, 2023

What is it about this painting by Ernie Barnes that so uplifts and inspires? That ripples with joy? That feels …

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“Catching Every Falling Cup” – A Primal Urge

October 30, 2022

This phrase from my poem Brimless Being is becoming a mantra I turn to often these days. It’s about the …

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This Sea Within, Without – A Poem

March 13, 2022

I wrote this poem for a novel I’m writing about love and war in Central America. It’s written in the …

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Poetry Making and the Art of Awe

December 12, 2021

I’ve been working on a poem I began here on this blog. It is a process, a gentle undoing and …

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Field Notes From Within, Take Two

November 15, 2021

I’ve revised the poem I posted yesterday. I think this version better captures the heart of it. Let me know …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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