Day 5

When did you sleep outdoors?

I suspect that most people have fond memories of sleeping under the stars or camping vacations with their family and friends. For me, sleeping outdoors...

Day 4

Tell me about a missed opportunity...

I’m not sure how long it will actually take me to post this online — in practice, day four might end up living in...

Day 3

Where did you come from? How did you escape?

Everyone comes from somewhere. The problem is, some people come from so many places it becomes cumbersome to list them. So...

I can see clearly now...

The rain was, indeed, gone. I feel that among all the despair and tears of the previous post, I’d supplement today’s writing with something a bit...

Day 2

Yesterday, I began the thirty-day writing challenge talking about what life was life twenty years ago for me. This is the second installment along that road and today’s topic...

Day 1

I’ve decided to try the thirty-day blogging challenge, writing a short post every day for a month. This is the first day and I’m starting a little before the...

Arise

The planet is dying. Quickly. And many of us want to save Mother Earth before she slips into a terminal coma — many but nowhere near enough. Yet our voices...

arrival

(from the voice of one whose name still cannot be shared in collaboration)

i taste unfamiliar shores with the desperation of thirst while confusion surrounds my ears and loss bites with...

Pure White?

In many ways, it is not so much the idea that a person is "white" or "not white" that is at the root of much of the value-based discrimination...

A thought for a new year...

As the sun passed another milestone and the earth was beginning another orbit, the Buddha gathered his followers together on the side of the mountain...

Creative Faith

As a writer, I often get the most interesting commissions. I have had cause to write everything from song lyrics to product descriptions, biographies to scripture. But this one...

Persepolis

(This post is one in a series about the best books ever written. The first post in the series is here.)

So this is probably a bit surprising to anyone who...