Since childhood we are promised that if we “buy this” and “pursue that” we can expect to lead happier lives. With this attitude firmly in...

When we don't forgive another we are still attached to them by an invisible cord of suffering. It is like drinking poison and expecting...

In light of recent high-profile revelations of sexual abuse and misconduct, the phrase “men hate women” has been cropping up in...

At age 50 I have come to love you body. I’m sorry that this love is so long overdue. I used to feel like we were in a battle of wills,...

Each year it is the same… I feel a sense of grief as summer wanes. Since I love the beauty of autumn with its vibrant colors and misty...

In the house, the kitchen, the bed I make love, a meal, a home. In the melding of ingredients, furnishings, bodies I call forth union of...

I used to believe that God was nowhere. Until I hoped that God was somewhere. Aching, I searched for God. Called God to me. Longed for...

I see you dad, still inside your frame. Transforming despite my initial resistance. Flesh continuing to encase bones. Organs carrying out...

I thought that the descent was akin to death. An excruciating disintegration from which I’d never return. I’d assumed I’d dissolve when...

Don’t be afraid of the threshold. It is what you’ve been asking for. It is the gift wrapped in the paper of your choosing. Yes, there is...

I won’t heed you anymore What you deem as protection Is no longer needed I appreciate your original intent Sweet in the beginning But...

To those who don’t see deeply you are bland, lifeless, dull. Color does not distract from your humble beauty. You are stripped, bare,...

Perhaps I am a straggler. Left behind like the few geese on the lake. It was only yesterday that nearly 100 departed together. In unison,...

Well, the deed is done. I’ve “treated” 5 of the 6 ground bee nests on my property. Having so many bees seems to be an unanticipated...

Desire, I have maligned you for too long. I know you have always been close, behind my urgent list of tasks. Often, I’d hear you singing...

It is not my place to control the hours, like forcing an elephant to jump through hoops. It is unnatural to please and placate, like...

You, who I have not paid much attention to before, are so much more complex than I’d assumed. In my busyness and arrogance and always...

I want to dwell in the intangible, to be shaken so deeply in my uncertainty that my knowing arises instead. In many ways it already has....

Its November 2015, Jesus and The Prophet Mohammed walk into a bar. The two men sit quietly in each other’s presence for a moment, their...

Dearest Beloved, Don’t you know that you are loved beyond measure? That you never have to want for anything? That you have all you long...