he screams at her and she screams back he in this corner, she in the other over there. the children, they run back and forth with “who will fix our toys?” she screams at him and he screams back but only in their heads. their mouths are silent and their eyes don’t meet. the children… Continue reading divorce: a ballad
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good friday: mystery and music
today on good friday i was going to treat you to a few of my thoughts on christianity and what remains a mystery to me, the person/idea/godhead of jesus. but, inspired by my good friend nancy, today i will leave the mystery to those who express it much better than i. watch these videos with… Continue reading good friday: mystery and music
napowrimo: arrested
oops! i’m supposed to WRITE a poem a day, not just post one. well, here we go, raw and quick: later than you’d think i arrested it but it all just got too … you know … so i had to put an end to it. like one of those big guys i showed up… Continue reading napowrimo: arrested
napowrimo: random poem
for national poetry writing month, i’ll be posting one of my poems every day. today: a random poem, selected blindly from one of my poetry databases. all over this land my bell rings with water in it it rings and it brings cups full of overflowing worries nagging guilting voices saying no no no my… Continue reading napowrimo: random poem
taize cross on a wordless wednesday
love every day
is it valentine’s day yet? what? i missed it? drat! yup, that was one of the things that fell between the cracks during my trip to europe. what also fell between the cracks was telling you about an ebook that chelle kindly invited me to participate in. as a gift to her readers on valentine’s… Continue reading love every day
last minute ideas for earth hour
we’re scrambling madly last minute to come up with something fun to do for earth hour. are you, too? if that’s the case, here are a few links green daily – my favourite huddle in the basement with a shotgun and a case of canned ravioli and pretend it’s the apocalypse. flickr – i like… Continue reading last minute ideas for earth hour
this won’t take long
got a few minutes? humour me. what are one or two things you’ve been thinking about and delaying taking action on for – maybe you don’t even remember how long? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ what would be the first step in dealing with it? something really simple you can do right now, something that won’t take more… Continue reading this won’t take long
green again, this time really wordless
green, green and blue from arle mus on vimeo. green from michal tlusty on vimeo.
urgent evoke: new solutions?
inspired by TED talk gaming can make a better world, i joined urgent evoke, a game that is “a crash course in saving the world.” the idea is to learn about, act on and imagine solutions for the things that cry out for answers in our world today – from energy needs to poverty to… Continue reading urgent evoke: new solutions?