Curious, Creative & Consistent
"I’m not here in this life to be well balanced or admired. I’m here to be an oddball, eccentric, different, wildly imaginative, creative,...
Improvising through the Unimaginable (2021)
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” ~ Mary Oliver As we say goodbye to 2021 there is a sense of déjà vu, as this...
One Year Gone
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on" ~ Hal Borland Many of us will say goodbye to 2020 with a sentiment of 'good...
Inside Out: A View of Hopeful Expectations
Hard to believe that it has been one year since my last post! I have thought of writing many times but was immersed in life; that is,...
The Light that Leads
"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?" [Romeo and Juliet, Act 2] I realized when scanning through my photos that I had...
Coincidence: Light, When Paths Cross
"Metaphysics, or the attempt to conceive the world as a whole by means of thought, has been developed, from the first, by the union and...
Power & Freedom
Photo: Lisa Bayer, from my book "Desire & Power, Poetry and Subtext" (2013) Power and Freedom generally co-exist in some way. If you have...
Dream-Catching in Puerto Vallarta
By February, with the dampness of Vancouver deep in my bones, I'm ready to head south. This time to Puerto Vallarta for a week of sun,...
"The Jade Pond" - Haiku Poetry
A few years ago, before I began spending each Sunday in my music studio, I had the pleasure of attending the Vancouver Haiku Group’s...
Bridge Between the Old Year & the New
"All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental." — Kurt Vonnegut It has been a happy, productive, and pivotal year. I am blessed...
