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What is Healing?

Note: Original title of post was, “What is Activism?” (Not journalism, just rambling) We have the potential to heal others and heal ourselves. Most healing happens in the simple act of listening. Allowing the other to their right to a hearing and keeping the door open long enough for there to be a happening.  The […]

Last Night

I woke up remembering dying last night a mosquito in my bed Then, as if a shift occurred, other than my husband that is Gave me more than redundancy, as if My job was not done when I wanted it to be. My legs and arms, the balm on my lips became, be it an […]

I’m In the Dark Here

So what does it mean to be a poet? If not to illuminate the darkness and alleviate the soul. I have never claimed to be a poet, except for my journal Who knows. There’s no money in it, and poor folks know— Poetry is a wasteful habit, like picking your nose Peeling skin off your […]

Un Mojón

El Mojón del Trigo, Sierra Nevada Un MOJón: Literal:  boundary stone, landmark or turning point Slang: aN UNusually long and cylindrical amount of human excrement Disclaimer I promise you that this is not going to be an exceptional post.  It’s just simple spit into the wind today.  My husband inspired it and he sometimes calls […]

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

Written By Sherman Alexie An Uncommon Book Review             Do you know what it means to be free? To break out of a cell even if the cell is the size of an Indian reservation with tall trees and land that stretches past hot mountains and a mysterious Turtle Lake […]

The New Proletariat

What can the new proletariat offer the world?       This question has been on my mind for a long time, the role of the proletariat in society, this modern day matrix in which we find ourselves today.  As I sit back and observe my life reflected in world events, localized and marginalized as a […]

The Mindful Lighthouse

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