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I just had cataract surgery done on one eye. It brings up many practical and philosophical questions. Walking down my street in the now-bright, clear November air, the trees on the distant skyline stand out in sharp relief. The gravel under my feet appears in pixelated detail. The very words…
“If you aren’t with us, you’re with the terrorists.” —President George Bush, Jr. I don’t know if language itself is the culprit, but humanity seems largely locked into a trap of binary thinking. Black versus White, Good versus Evil, Us versus Them, Fact versus Misinformation, Safety versus Freedom… Are…
A swim in the lake on a summery day in May. Baking bread and doing the dishes. Selling from a stall in the Saturday Market; buying T-shirts from the thrift store. Chatting with friends in the park; reconnecting on the phone. They called it Pleasantville, though as the classic film…
For more haiku see my latest book, Salt Spring Haiku. Here are a few excerpts. Tipping the Balance Common Ground humanity wholewith self-determinationour rights guaranteed: freedom of choice, realrule of law, informed consentdoing no one harm Betrayal a fraudulent diseasemasks and lockdowns and distancethen the killing shots arbitrary bansdisproportionate responsecollateral…
