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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

An open journal facing the rising sun in a mountain landscape

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Poetry1 min readMay 6, 2026

The Slowness of the Heart

A Practice in Becoming

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Memoir5 min readMay 4, 2026

A Brush with Death

And the Peek Beyond

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Memoir2 min readMay 2, 2026

The Practice of Imperfection

A Shadow of a Shadow

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Poetry1 min readApril 28, 2026

Collapsing Spacetime

A Measure of the Moment

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Poetry2 min readApril 26, 2026

Seeing and Believing

Cover Your Eyes

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Essay2 min readApril 24, 2026

The Practice of Being Seen

“Seeing accurately is an act of love.”- Eye of the Mountain

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Poetry1 min readApril 22, 2026

Invitation to Dance

Center to Center

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Memoir1 min readApril 21, 2026

Rites of Initiation

A Passage Through Space and Time

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Essay1 min readApril 18, 2026

The Smell of Farts

And Its Undeniability

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Poetry1 min readApril 16, 2026

Encouragement

For Expansion of Self

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Poetry1 min readApril 12, 2026

Melatonin Regrettably

Don’t Chase the Night Away

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Poetry1 min readApril 10, 2026

Unconscious Competence

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