a robin
flew into the window
and fell
birds do that sometimes
knock themselves out
shake it off
fly away
this one...

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The ocean has always been soothing to me. Somehow the surf, the salt spray, the pelicans skimming the blueness, gulls torpedoing in for dinner, the grit in my toes, the abundance invisible beneath the surface, the sheer, vast, power of the sea call me home to myself. I crave, no I need, the sea and seek out beaches as I travel. Read the rest of this entry »

The heavens opened with a gift that sent almost all of us on the Kenai roads off the road. “Rainbow!” I yelped to Keesha and swerved off to the side of the road. “Wow. A full, double rainbow! Two of them!” Every car on the road stopped to gape open-jawed at the beauty before us. Read the rest of this entry »

Life was great in the 90’s. Wonderful longtime partner. Beautifully remodeled house designed by a world-class architect.  Successful business ventures for me and and my partner. Money rolling in. Political involvement. Making a difference in human rights. Great family and friends. Can’t get much better than that – the American dream in action.

But the universe, or whatever you want to call the force that permeates all, had other ideas. That force clobbered me and knocked me awake. And life was never the same after that. Read the rest of this entry »