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everything has a ripple effect. one wrong can make a right turn left. the bullet ricocheted and nothing was saved.

“We have heard on high” “By the Dawn’s early light…” “Can you see?” “Mine eyes have seen the glory of..” “I once was lost, but” “This little light of” Shine. Sun. Son. Rise. Set. Rest, in Peace.

This is how the West was won. One. Done. Image by Grace Hong

Seasons come and go, the rain, wind, sun and snow. Everything we’ll ever know, falls down upon the ground below. Twenty eight years I’ve circled around the sun now, and this last lap was something reminiscent of Lucretius’ idea of life, the purpose to pass on the torch, to create new of old to grow […]

Once upon a time, I dreamed to travel the world to make a contribution, leave a mark of laughter and smiles and transformation. Then the power of the future and it’s potential fears changed everything. I now have a list so full with dreams. Bucket List: 1. Devil’s Lake, Wisconsin 2. Xingu River, Brazil 3. […]

In a world where time, productivity, consumption and demand rule the land and brain, people will always ask you where you’ve been, where you come from, what your roots are, and how it all began. Intuitively I respond with: “My mother’s womb, I come from a woman’s body, and she came from one, and I […]

I imagine this world upside down. Where all the frowns are smiling, And shouting is laughter, And rain is the only disaster. I imagine this world upside down. Where the pyramid flops over and the point is what’s deep. In this dream, the only scheme is discovery. And so, out of Pangea is the bottom […]

“I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.” – Abraham Lincoln, letter to George E. Pickett, Feb. 22, 1841 Lately the topic of truth has become very […]

I. traffic jams slow (down) my heart. pound, bleed, start, breathe. stop – wait. lights gotta shine on & on & on me… you. /// u know they always tryna show u where 2 go. (they think we don’t know) …i look both ways b4 crossin the road. and dont need to be told when […]

2011 was awesome.  Here’s why: 1. I read [this] poem on stage in Washington, DC at [Powershift] to hundreds of people & recieved a standing ovation. Also read same poem on a bus that runs off of [biodiesel] (vegetable oil) at [Bonnaroo]. 2. After 6.5 years I finally graduated from Grand Valley State University with a […]