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The smell of nostalgia

When I was a youngster in Detroit, a “chore” I enjoyed doing was mowing the lawn. Nothing petrol/gas driven, just a simple hand mower that

November 10, 2014

Musings

When simple is enough

Even though I appear to live alone, whenever I look out onto the storm deck — especially in the evening light — I feel comforted

October 20, 2014

Musings

How is your imagination today?

Is the below photo an abstract painting by Kandinsky? Perhaps, a late Rothko? Or, simply the exploratory work of a first year art student studying

June 2, 2014

Musings

Elders

Your Life You will walk toward the mirror, closer and closer, then flow into the glass. You will disappear some day like that, being more

May 27, 2014

Musings

Post Easter thoughts

As of late, in the early evening when I walk along the dimmed paths of Windgrove searching for an understanding to the world’s current unsavoury

April 29, 2014

Musings

Does size really matter?

In a review of the book ‘Conversations with Barry Lopez’ by William Tydeman, the reviewer (Peter Reason) writes: Lopez’s work places issues of justice and

March 3, 2014

Musings

Speeding time

The calendar on the wall states clearly the succession of days. Wherever one lives, the sun comes up, then goes down in an orderly, well-timed

February 19, 2014

Musings

Duende

“A god can do it. But tell me how a person can flow like that through the slender lyre.” Rilke I have a young friend

February 5, 2014

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Revisiting

Monday morning and, as I sit with the first coffee in hand, I read, by chance, from an “older” book of poems from Mary Oliver

November 18, 2013

Musings

Sermon on rice

It is Sunday and for the past week I’ve been observing my pot of cooked rice. “Why?” you might ask. Well, it came about because

September 2, 2013

Musings

Mad Man digging

“….. to get strength for the things we have to do that frighten me I go and dig my hands into the ground.” Marge Piercy,

July 30, 2013

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Dirty old man

I have chosen to become a dirty old man. Now, I soil myself. Since February I have chosen to walk the land at Windgrove bare

June 10, 2013

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