hootin’ annie’s, i’m still at it – handing out hallowe’en treats right into november. i better keep my word – i said i’d do this for the rest of the week! the “strangers” who will receive treats today are totally and completely random. i’ll go to google search and hand out link treats to the… Continue reading more hallowe’en treats
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
homelessness and mental health
i recently found out that my friend aaron zacharias wrote an article on mental health and homelessness. you can find it at heretohelp, an e-zine dedicated to mental health. the article shows very clearly how mental health and homelessness interact. tenuous mental health, especially when coupled with adverse events such as divorce, workplace accidents, or,… Continue reading homelessness and mental health
more chinese love poetry
some posts back, i had started to offer a few more chinese love poems when i got interrupted by an angel … remember? well, today you can finally read those poems. this time, i’ll just tease you with incomplete poems – go to the original sites to enjoy the full versions. a song of changgan… Continue reading more chinese love poetry
learning. seriously.
okay, it’s fall, everyone back to school! dave has tagged me for a meme to develop some classes. here is the first one: (and an apology to my readers for the temporary appearance of this blog. this will change!) confucius on confusion 121 you’ve taken a philosophy course back in … when was it again… Continue reading learning. seriously.
a poem for an angel
another day of synchronicity. since so many readers seemed to like my post on chinese love poetry, i was going to offer some more on the topic. and i will. but then, again in the car, just like yesterday, i was listening to a report on the 2007 special olympics that have just started. there… Continue reading a poem for an angel
tea
an old, old poem of mine, obviously written in a (tea) drug induced state. but fitting, isn’t it, as we’re heading into cooler weather. after four hours of sleep and 16 hours of work here comes pouring into the poet a cup of tea. tea! tea! tea! drug that whitewaterrafts into forgotten veins and drags… Continue reading tea
7 ways to use writing for healing
yesterday i talked about the book writing yourself home. as i mentioned, it uses excerpts from women’s writings – some well-known, some not – to illustrate how we can use writing and journaling as a way of healing and self-discovery. here is one that i found interesting, about “matrophobia”, by ellen amber from her work… Continue reading 7 ways to use writing for healing
writing. books. synchronicity.
sometimes, life plonks you right in the middle of a coincidence. smack! there you are. or not. maybe it’s synchronicity. here’s a little example. my dear friend haedy gave me a book for my birthday: in buddha’s kitchen: cooking, being cooked, and other adventures in a meditation center. a wonderful confluence of goodness already: haedy… Continue reading writing. books. synchronicity.
letter-writing
at regular intervals (for example jeff, here), people comment on the use of lower case in my writing on this blog. here, finally, is an explanation: i started using lower case when i was 14, in my first love letter to my first boyfriend. at that point, my main goal in using only lower cases… Continue reading letter-writing
doodle
i finally have a workable scanner! yay! here’s one of my doodles.