Tag Archive | death

Paying guesses (a poem)


A crooked lady lived in a crooked house in a crooked land among those hills lay towns where good money was paid for the graces, ticking days, living flesh of inmates in this land, the dead were sold for profit and the souls of the poor and neglected did not matter disposable crooked almost zombies […]

Merbdelia: In Memory of (a poem)


All fur and bone, a tiny love energy of life almost spent yet enough left over to rest her tiny head on the crook of my arm Her entire last night at my side my eyes mist with the fullness of tears gratitude for the mystery; a gift of love from the smallest of creatures […]

Some Thoughts on the Power of Fear and Negativity…and How to Go Beyond


Hello readers, While I was rinsing some beans at my kitchen sink the other evening, the thought came into my mind that the many stressful challenges and “negative” experiences that have peppered my life were expressly chosen by me before coming to this Earth and this lifetime for a specific purpose.  I often wonder why […]

On Aging: Embracing or Recreating Our Bodies?


I recently dreamed that I looked into a mirror, and the top part of my hair, from the crown to my ears, was snow white.  The remainder of my hair was its usual dark brown, variegated with blondish, reddish curly strands.  It seemed as if the dream and my hair were posing a question and […]

Stepping on the Snake: What Is So Scary About the Feminine?


All around the world, there are attacks on the feminine and on women as individuals.  In the United States, men are often afraid to show their feminine side. Domestic violence is rampant. I wonder what is so threatening about femininity that men would work so hard to suppress it? I remember seeing some ancient proto-Christian […]