summer
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Brave, painful year
As I look back and see little activity here or otherwise I recognize that it was a brave and painful year. I found strengths and measures of fortitude in the depths of my soul to keep going. In the end, it all collapsed like a house of cards when I realized I can’t go on Continue reading
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May in Photos
I haven’t written because I’ve been pretty busy over summer vacation. From sun-up to sun-down every day, there’s actually been very little time for “navel-gazing.” I haven’t even journaled as much by hand as I normally do on a school-year week. I’ve been returning to my dream and practicing Korean for 1 hour per weekday. Continue reading
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My summer with Gerald Vizenor’s haiku
This summer with Gerald Vizenor’s haiku I will never forget. Walking in the hot sun to the mailbox to get another small book from Amazon. Leafing through these small books with fine, old paper, beautiful Japanese calligraphy and photography, and Gerald Vizenor’s too-vigorous words which cut across the calm and complacency of nostalgic feelings. Continue reading
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The rain streams and streams and I don’t know how to take it or how to enjoy it It doesn’t seem real like the parched earth did The wind blows the gray rain And the large green leaves The weather shifted over this place on the earth And made it a new place, even though Continue reading
Sunlight-Colored Roses 