“Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.”  Guillaume Apollinaire (French poet and critic who helped to direct poetry into unexplored channels, 1880-1918) The Hindu Goddess of Death and Destruction, Kali I've been reluctant to bring politics into the Virtual ...

Poem of the Month ~ October 2008 The will to praise this mutilated world is not about non-action or resignation. Rather, it reflects a compassion choice to encounter the rawness of What Is. Such crazy wisdom moves the heart, stoking the fires of love, justice, and right action. Try praise, try loving yourself and our world, mutilated and whole. ...

This post is part of a synchroblog hosted on the site Square No More. The topic for this month's synchroblog is maturity in the light of our faith. Please visit these blogs for excellent posts related to this topic: Phil Wyman asks Is Maturity Really What I Want?Lainie Petersen at Headspace with ''Watching Daddy Die''Kathy Escobar at ...

This post is for last week's writing prompt: One Single Impression: Spectacle   If I could see with the eyes of love Nothing could be a spectacle. Nothing could be outside the circle.   If I would see with the eyes of love All would be spectacular. All would be insanely lovely. All would be inside the circle of Joy. ...

A tip of the hat to my friend Dave Pollard for using the name of his excellent blog (How to Save the World), and large bow of  thanks to J.D. Roth's site, Get Rich Slowly for the concept and grit of this post. Newsflash: To do two things at once is to do neither well.  Doing three things at once makes us dull and those around us ...

My ex-husband, Tom and I are grieving today the impending death of the last of 3 amazing German Shepherds that we were graced to belong to during our life together.  I know that many of you who have experienced the death of a beloved pet will find your heart breaking about your own past or future losses. Love is like that--it sets up ...

So this has been a week/month of losing things. I don't normally lose things like keys and such.  But this week, I left my purse in a restaurant--the same lunch restaurant that I left my purse in 2 weeks ago.  I don't ever remember leaving my purse anywhere before.  Twice--same place.  What's that about? Luckily for me, no ...

In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. --- attributed to either Al Rogers or Eric Hoffer [quoted from How to Save the World] This post is a SynchroBlog on The Politics of God hosted through the site Square No More.  See ...

5th Journal Entry in my 'Where's Home?' series for the writing contest.  Sunday, June 15, 2008 the Central Oregon Fire Circle Community held the second Sunday Morning Fire Circle, sitting with 'Father's Day'.  The first Sunday Morning Fire Circle was on Mother's Day in May.  As we munched on some delicious breakfast brought by ...

So on a post last week, ''The Dog's in Heaven and the Cat's in Jail'' in a follow up comment, I came to Geronimo's (aka Damn Dog's) defense.  I wrote about 4 things that he has been teaching us about living and loving.  Here's one I forgot, and since it's an important one, thought I'd write a whole post about it. Lesson ...