It’s almost midnight in California, and it’s nearing the moment when the moon will block the light of the sun in a full solar eclipse, 13 hours before the spring equinox. By the time anyone else reads this, their today will be my tomorrow. And oh,… Read More
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Jacques Prevert, Words, & That Which Is Untranslatable
Barbara From Jacques Prevert’s Paroles Rappelle-toi Barbara Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là Et tu marchais souriante Epanouie ravie ruisselante Sous la pluie Rappelle-toi Barbara Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest Et je t’ai croisée rue de Siam Tu souriais Et moi je… Read More
Lemon slices
Lemon slices In hot water Cough in my throat Aches in my joints Is this a cold coming on? Nah, can’t be. Too much to do. Too much going on. Still, I’ll eat soup for dinner. I’ll try to exercise to move whatever is going… Read More
This morning
Long dreams of people, places, candles and leaks. At the end, a cousin cries out for another, to release him from jail. He escapes. I wake in my bed, remembering the last dialogue of the dream. I turn over, reach down for my notebook, my… Read More
On Appreciating Life’s Daily Rhythms
I woke up recently to a new awareness. For the first time that I am consciously aware of, I am reveling in the small, day-to-day details of my life. From the chirping of the birds outside my window starting at 7 every morning to the final… Read More
Water worries
What happens when a city runs out of water? What about a state? A country? The Brazilian mega-city of São Paulo is facing dwindling water supplies. Rationing is likely to come next. But what happens when a city of 20 million people runs out of water?… Read More
Women on 20s
A cool campaign is afoot to replace Andrew Jackson with a woman on the face of the US $20 bill. The campaign is well articulated, smart and working to build large grassroots support, by creating a multi-stage voting process to build a large movement of… Read More
Under the Glacier
It’s a pity we don’t whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading. I am always trying to forget words. That is why I contemplate the lilies of the field, but in particular the glacier. If one looks at the glacier for long enough,… Read More
Spring Equinox Solar Eclipse: On Cycles, Revolutions and the Relative Size of Things
March 20, 2015 is the vernal equinox, the first official day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This year, it happens to coincide with a new moon and a full solar eclipse, when the moon will completely cover the sun as it shines over the… Read More
Meditation on mountains
A mountain is a mountain. A mountain knows it is a mountain and a mountain cares nothing for knowing whether or not it is a mountain. A mountain is a mountain whether or not it thinks it is a mountain. A mountain is a mountain… Read More