poetry, photography and reflections on life, aging, and dharma
I’ve just been through an interesting health challenge, a spinal fusion surgery about ten days ago. It went really well, but now I have a ton of time on my hands. I’ve been flipping back through my notebooks, and it’s clear that coming into the procedure, I was heavily self-medicating with poetry. Increasingly, I take … Read more
The other night, I was lying in bed before sleeping. The house was still, my wife asleep beside me, my dog snoring softly in her bed across the room. Amid this deep quiet, I began to try to feel all of the sensations that were rising to my mind from each of the senses. And … Read more
My friend turned to me in distress- I don’t know what to do, he said. I used to have a purpose. I was once a “Somebody.” Now I don’t know what to do with a single day! Don’t you understand, I may need to fill twenty years of days like this!! long slow breaththis dayis … Read more
Last month, as part of a trip to Chilean Patagonia and Antarctica, we had the extraordinary opportunity to trek wild Pumas on some private land adjacent to Torres Del Paine National Park. We were led by a terrific guide and photographer, Rodrigo Moraga (https://www.rodrigomoragaz.com) All of this organized superbly as always by Epic Private Journeys … Read more
I prayed to the gods of several heavens
to permit me to bring him home,
to give us some time – a day
an hour, a moment
of peace before parting.
for one more glorious, completely ordinary day
you are blessed
Bedfellows – A Perspective on the Passage of Time a short post while battling pneumonia. How the sources of warmth evolve with time.
his feet cracked, red
and worn
from the long, lonely walk
into this life…
may he be warm
may he be safe
may he be held
I wouldn’t have missed a minute of it. And I pray that I will have many more to experience. Little boy, I weep for joy at the prospect of meeting you!
