Not long ago, I had an idea. I don't have many of them, so it was kind of a big deal.

Here it is: Let's get rid of the concept of responsibility the way it works now. I struck that last bit, because it's misleading; I don't think it does work very well. I think it's very much broken ( Read more... )

Cloud Watching

I had a dream.
In it, you were a cloud,
as far removed from
the sun
as east from west.
I thought that was strange.
"i always pegged you as
the sun-type."
You smiled,
drifted toward the horizon.
"Baby," you said, "who
spends entire afternoons
watching the sun
roll by?"

-KG

This is what I meant to write ( Read more... )

greetings from some cheap motel in downtown charleston, south carolina. also, happy belated thanksgiving.

i'm not feeling quite myself at the moment. that is, i'm not feeling like the myself anyone who reads this would recognize without an explanation. nothing is wrong, really, so i'm not certain this is the time to expound ( Read more... )

tohidu
it means, nearly literally, "good peace." more specifically, it refers to a sense of perfect balance between one's mind, body, and spirit. to draw parallels, in buddhism it is called nirvāna. unlike buddhism, however, aniyunwiya tohidu is perhaps more easily attained ( Read more... )

"everything in the past died yesterday; everything in the future was born today." -- chinese proverb

"the quieter you become, the more you can hear." -- baba ram dass

"the sage does not accumulate for himself. the more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own." -- lao-tzu"only let the moving water calm down, and the sun and moon ( Read more... )

i "done growed up" since the last time i visited alabama.

flying past the co-op fields (i remember you; tiny sun-browned fingers twisting free cotton candy clouds until they were numb, all for a few conveyer rides at the gin), fishing by early morning light on tommy's pond, watching the fog roll back before beautiful dawns, sipping moonshine from ( Read more... )

me: guess who!
him: kim.
me: pouts*.
him: too easy; you're the only person i know still smells good after a 4x4 ( Read more... )

We Sing

"My heart is steadfast, o God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn."
psalm 57:7-8We sing of your glory ( Read more... )

i think the mother grows suspicious.

"was that package from the imb? the corporate headquarters?"

way to sleep in, kiddo. "yep."

"for work?"

"nope." not yet. "just brochures." this time.

"when we return from alabama, you should seriously start looking for a new job, one with stable hours, and benefits."

may already have one. "okay ( Read more... )