I haven’t updated on life or writing circumstances for a long time. I haven’t had a chance to catch my breath and sit down to compose a blog post to tell you about my life. The winter of 2012 and … Continue reading →
3 tanka
It’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. I’ve caught glimpses of the small joys of spring-time, flowers in bud, skipping ropes in use … and here are a few more, as tanka … Summer is in the air … A A … Continue reading →
An Early Drive
Once in a while I have to be up and out early, to go to the medical clinic and, sleepy as I am, I wonder about the people in the houses I pass. Who are they? What are they doing? … Continue reading →
21 tips to handle depression
I don’t always repost things that were written by others, but this one is too good to pass up. I’ve had a lifelong battle with depression and it rears its head every so often. I’m okay right now, but I … Continue reading →
catching up / coming up
i have not exactly been under a rock of late, but people have been asking me what i’ve been up to in the painting and writing department. so here is a brief summary, with links to various cool and/or curious things: i spent the better part of a year working on pieces for this. (update: […]
canada (palindrome)
it was so different in the ’70s it was plaid bellbottoms and sideburns it was draft dodging and october crisis it was fresh science and a whole nation beating the soviets in hockey we were so much more than prisons and fighter jets we were clean and polite and happily multicultural we sewed maple leafs […]
The Greedy Poet
This is Poetry Month! I believe poetry should be read and relished: it encourages appetite, feeds the soul, nourishes the mind, relaxes the body. The actual food is almost, almost, secondary … A A THE GREEDY POET quatrains with French … Continue reading →
Spirit Wings
Easter. First comes Good Friday, a day of darkness and pain. Then comes Easter: the time of new life, daffodils, baby chicks, rabbits, when the sun is brighter, the grass greener. We rejoice in all things new, the promise of … Continue reading →
