World Era

…and how to avoid it.

Heat Exhaustion

Absence makes the heart grow fonder – proverb The day goes by in painful slow motion so not unlike the others before segueing shamefacedly, silhouetted against the reluctant, recalcitrant night fall loneliness, my constant handmaiden, drowns me in a downpour of misery these days I don’t feel whole anymore a part of me left with […]

Proverbially speaking

William S. Burroughs, a central member of the Beat Generation and an avant-garde author, died on 2 August 1997.In this short film was shot in 1990 by Gus Van Sant (best known as the director of films like Good Will Hunting) the author recites his poem “Thanksgiving Prayer”.The poem had been published the previous year […]

Burroughs

I stood at the end of the winding road. Facing her, I admired her curves and tree-lined slopes. Before stepping away, I stretched my arms toward her lifegiving display, drawing in the uplifting energy she so graciously gave during my mountain stay. Like an entire universe contained on the top of a pin, I will […]

Winding Road now Within (video)

Fully blossoming water lily

Since it is too hot for man or beast outside, I decided to work on a book to help kids write Haiku. It has 24 pages of full color photos, with a guide and space to write their own Haiku under the photo. Teachers and parents both could use the book. Great for kids from […]

Haiku for Kids (book)

Social engineeringdressed upin the dragof state religionA trick of the tailthat sting of traditionTaboos and hoodoosmale and femaletwo sides of the onemultifaceted coinFar too manya lost pennyspent in a stormSpurned and tornfor just being born In the faceof much hatredviolence and abuse many have takenthe final recourseof least resistancelong beforetheir rightful timeWhen did being trueto […]

Heterodyne

This wound being dead, did it make me go mad?

Wound.

Magic is within us and it is only us who can bring the positive change to life. . . .

If I had a magic wand. . . .

Minds soar high, hearts raceLove spreads its magic aroundSparks fly, bonds grow strong I don’t exactly believe in love at first sight. It happens more in fiction than that in reality. Most people require more than that to actually fall in love. But there might be a lucky few who do fall in love at […]

Sparks fly