thoughts

fishing and learning

There are many really wonderful things about fishing. As far as activities where you’re effectively doing nothing go, it might be the best. I seem to be in a big-time moment of attributing meaning to everything (I’ve always been in this moment?), and it made me pay more attention and learn even more Fishing is…

unedited and unnamed

time is lost in these shelves, waiting for hand, breath, to find it. rows are blooming into eternity like legend or death. let the memories overtake you; they are etched in gold and ceramic like letters in tree bark. like lion’s mane or letters from prison. they were lovers once. they were writing their stories…

filling the bin

One year, I decided my new year’s resolution would be to learn how to make clothes. I purged my closet, separating things to keep from things to give away from things to use as fabric. I got a big bin and started to fill it with the ripped pants and stained shirts and ratty bandanas.…

a poem i wrote in the dairy aisle

of course it’s butter, you fucking idiot.  what else would it be?  a Dream?  a promise?  a Dream of promises kept?  unfortunately for You, it is indeed just butter. but you’ll keep smiling at the label like a newborn, “i can’t believe it either!”  over your plain bagel  in your plain home  waiting for the…

doing does the most

In the ever-evolving world, the art of forging genuine connections remains timeless. Whether it’s with colleagues, clients, or partners, establishing a genuine rapport paves the way for collaborative success.