Here, There, Everywhere – Playing Around With Words

There’s nothing more profound Than a woman who's ungowned There’s something sadly funny About a picture of my tummy.   Here’s a one-word mystery Why's there no book of kisstory? Here’s a five-word line endeavor Clever? Me? Never!   Everywhere’s such a drag For mystics to claim and brag Everywhere is nowhere, so they say … Continue reading Here, There, Everywhere – Playing Around With Words →

Our New Book – Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry

Our new book, Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry is now published. It has essays from yours truly, co-authors Kelly Anderson and Davin Carr-Chellman, and Vincent J Fortunato; and beautiful images by Vincent, Antonia Cardella, and Marc Christensen. The cover was designed by Heather Barrett. It was such a pleasure to work with these folks … Continue reading Our New Book – Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry →

Writing Skills

I just finished my first self-published book, Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry, which I put together with a couple co-authors/editors, Kelly Anderson and Davin Carr-Chellman, who were wonderful.  Though I've published other books before, this was my first self-published book, so I had much to learn. Fortunately, Kelly had self-published before so she brought that knowledge, … Continue reading Writing Skills →

Practices – “Do Now What You Would Do Later”

One of the qualities of sheriff Walt Longmire, the creation of Craig Johnson (2005) and then a Netflix series, is that he faced difficulty straight on.  Whether it be having a hard conversation with his best friend Henry Standing Bear, or firing a deputy he liked, or even crossing onto the neighboring reservation to look … Continue reading Practices – “Do Now What You Would Do Later” →