Lavage: a prayer

Lavage: a prayer

Cleanse my being of the labours of witness Wash away the perils of humanity Those absorbed without consent The burdens of unmet needs And wants They stirred to cellular inflammation A thousand unseen tears Grief Anger Fear Unholy regret Noise and dissonance and song Flow beyond me Gently till the bedding for breath and light [...]

Staying sane in Suburbia 🏘

Staying sane in Suburbia 🏘

The title suggested by younger son when wishing me happy Father's Day (another story) with whom I briefly discussed my new blog idea. Based on the general interest in "Escape to the Country", "Escape from the City", "I want a life less ordinary life" movement (?), especially popular with my cohort. In this blog I [...]

The writing rite…

The writing rite…

So today I must write. I feel the welling desire to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, in truth). I have begun many a new entry for this blog over the past 8 months but they sit in the drafts file awaiting completion or at least to be fodder for further writings, somewhere [...]