Category Thoughts About Art & Culture

Time’s Wind

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do I not have enough challenges in my life? Do I not possess a significant depth of feeling? Am I a shallow-rooted tree pretending strength, even though I provide the same shade as my more deeply-rooted cousins? Perhaps, I am a book of blank pages slowly being […]

Brave Enough

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What are the chances I will learn the dances that I need to cut the figures of my life? To navigate a time both full and rife. Rife with promise, rife with pain. That which makes our time rich and varied, single, married, widowed or divorced, the […]

Not Come Far

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Peel away the veneer of civilization. So little effort required. The nail of a little finger. A dull paring knife. How little strife is required to show us exactly who we are and that we have not come far. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace […]

Bow Down

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Darkness grows every day, as if the clouds flow from his mouth with every pronouncement, each proclamation of some skewed truth, which only applies to a land of fever dreams, where he reigns as king and where we must come and bow down. What else would you […]

Our and All

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The diamonds sparkle, stones of a rare beauty because of their rarity, their clarity, even knowing of the pressure which creates them, will we rate them above people of all levels and persuasions? People more like opals. Brilliance and highlights but prone to shatter under pressure. We […]

Other Than Sleep

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Skip along like a child about to play hopscotch, jump rope. Hope to feel the joy of play, stay in childhood long past growing, knowing there is no way to keep the time when young, other than sleep. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is […]

A teabag paper for Boneyard Brand Mortali-Tea

How Little?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ (I intended to post every day this month, then COVID laid me low. We think life listens to us, but that’s not always how it goes.) Gone now, the widows and orphans, the wounded soldiers, all who might remember the pain, suffering and heartbreak of war. The […]

Hope We Find

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Raise your life itself on high. Try to find the balance between tears and laughter, balance what we are after. I hope we find it. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and […]

After All

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ It’s terse, adverse, no time to rehearse. But slowly take your time. Make it count. Like a fountain at full spate. Dive in, no need to wait. Hurry now, the water’s fine. Sometimes, this all feels like mine. To have and to hold, bold and beautiful beyond […]

Free Future

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ For my brother The parade starts soon. People line up upon the street. Children get under feet. Then raised to shoulders, holders of the best seats in the house, despite the lawn chairs carried from home. Those who have waited longest in the dark, camped in a […]