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…
Category: Politics
Freedom Haiku
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…
Magic Spells
In the thrall of language and story, the fog of truth and lies, it helps to break the spell. To blink and snap the fingers and take a step back, looking at these squiggles on a screen, this apish primate gazing fixedly. It’s part of The Problem, you may rightly…
Reflections on Darkness and Light
Reflections on Darkness and Light Foreword Who I am and who I’m not I am a writer, a mystic, a lover of nature. I’m not a scientist, doctor or lawyer, philosopher, celebrity, podcaster or prophet. I subscribe to no political party, no system of coercion and control. My small following…