(All the ***** mean the sound of angel trumpets ) We’d love to tell you all about the next place but it is too much for you. For example, in this place everyone (********). We all exist in a (*) and (*) state in which (*) is (*) and (*) is (*). See what we… Continue reading Notes from the dead
Tag: humor
The rat funeral
The rat expired in the straw In the temple Because of a cat The dark rat had soft black fur and was still warm from life Now there was no life in rat’s shining eyes fixed in one direction It was left alone in the dark and sometime later The rat’s loved ones came looking… Continue reading The rat funeral
Alternative poetic reporting
Hermes found in the sewer The god Hermes is in good condition considering how old he is, which I don’t know how old you are from 300 B.C. but he has by all accounts aged well. Hermes turned up in the sewer looking godly- he was there in 300 B.C. as a street marker. Hermes… Continue reading Alternative poetic reporting
Unity
I stood under a madrone tree to get the best angle for a photo. A man walking by read this as a good time to talk trees. So we started. I mentioned writing about the madrone, and he took off in a talk about the trees of the cemetery where we were standing. Suddenly he… Continue reading Unity
Juxtapositions
I heard a hawk’s cry come through a starling’s beak. It was a perfect imitation. Messages come through however they can. Sometimes to break up monotony. Other times it’s a specific insight. Still other times, it’s just funny. We need juxtaposition to mingle and jostle healthy brain activity. I think this is true but I… Continue reading Juxtapositions
transformation betwixt land and sea
Plankton are abundant here. “It smells very biological,” said one man I met in the sparsely filled parking lot. One area in particular did smell like the brew of a million creatures. The South Slough Reserve is so understated, I think it goes unnoticed by the crowds. It was America’s first estuarine research reserve, established… Continue reading transformation betwixt land and sea
Hot flash stories x 2
Not my mother’s hot flash, by guest blogger, Kristi Lodge. I had my first hot flash in June 2018, in the waning days of my forty-second year. My girlfriend and I went to Portland Pride. On Saturday we found a café that served great breakfast and coffee within walking distance of our AirBnB. I was… Continue reading Hot flash stories x 2
Confidential Conversations
We end up together in a small room and I listen. It goes like this: a person comes in, and they speak a stream of images regarding their condition. First, they might say, “COW BUCKET WINDOW BREAD SUN ECHO.” And I say, “oh, ok…,” and I address this list. The subject is aches and pains,… Continue reading Confidential Conversations
Walk slowly and look closely
Dave could read coyote scat like tea leaves. “See this hair? That’s nutria.” Others contained grain, a mouse, grass. “That’s a thigh bone,” he pointed down to the ground to what looked like a mess inside of a mess. We saw no possums but were told that no one enjoys eating them, not even vultures.… Continue reading Walk slowly and look closely
Act in favor with all sentient beings
Is there life to it? Does it lead to love? How is that for a couple of good questions? A project? A move? A relationship? What does it feel like when you consider these questions? I learned about these queries through a Quaker study group. I don’t know if Quakers invented it, but they brought… Continue reading Act in favor with all sentient beings