Max is fine. We’re dog tired, but Max is fine. Just wanted his “fans” who were worried about him to be assured of his well being. Max, our caramel-colored, long-haired … read more…
Vali Hawkins Mitchell
I took a ceramics class in grad school thinking it would be an easy-cheesy-recreational-brainless class! Nope. It was one of the most intense and profound courses in my entire academic … read more…
I tried to be a Hippie. But “turning on and tuning out” paled beside my desire to get an education, work, and have a family. So although my “formal” hippie … read more…
She must have been at least 198 years old when I met her. We spent approximately four minutes together and decades later her resiliency still inspires me. I was 16 … read more…
Something happened early this morning that reveals a little about how my universe works and why I have the audacity to stand up to my insecurities and procrastinations and launch … read more…
Today allow witness to an unexpected gift of peek-blinked glimpse at The Universe, The Omniverse, The ‘verse, Named by many, with no name, a gift for knowing Beingness as Beingness … read more…
the wind blows my sweet-smelling laundry off the line into the mud my angry regrets are followed by rewashing the worn flowered cotton hankies given me by my beloved grandmother … read more…
Your smile is a shining light that works like a joy tattoo inside my mind. If I think of it, the darkness disappears and the day becomes bright Your smile … read more…
Curious That I notice this woman In the salon As if my eye catches one particular Flower in a too filled garden I must stoop To take in the perfume … read more…
Think of a desert. It has been cold. It has been hot. Things scurry about on the sand. Other things crawl into the shade of rocks or below. Some predators. … read more…