1. *** Whether my mind is muddled with worries or bright with confidence, it seems I keep on going. These strange and troubling times for our world are unusual for me, too. I find myself enjoying a…| bluebrightly
I moved to New York City when I was an impressionable 18-year-old and the city was a lot rougher around the edges than it is today. Back then it was also the center for new movements in art. The radical changes that were fomenting aligned perfectly with my intense curiosity about art and philosophy. Conceptual … Continue reading →| bluebrightly
Sure, my life has changed, profoundly – but life IS change and reminders of that simple fact are everywhere. * 1. Driftwood laughs at me. If only I could be as sanguine about change as this o…| bluebrightly
Summer’s falling off the edge of reason, the edge where dry becomes arid and the alder loosens its crinkled leaves from brittle twigs, speckling the grass with umber and ochre a month ahead o…| bluebrightly
Like a Primal Mother, she takes me in. All I need to do is follow the path. It might take a little while for my preoccupations to fizzle away but change will come. Life, in all its glorious detail,…| bluebrightly
I’m swallowed whole by the fleeting beauty of spring and my life is saved, at least for the moment – that’s the way it has felt this spring. Refuge. Rescue. Life has been difficul…| bluebrightly
Relaxing into shavasana,* fibers loosen, knots fall away, untangle, and regroup into a shimmering remix of invisible molecules, a remix that with any luck, will penetrate my consciousness. In this …| bluebrightly
Six years ago on a fine July afternoon I followed a trail at a state park near home for the first time. We were in the process of moving to the area and a peaceful walk was just what I needed after…| bluebrightly
Two seemingly contradictory concerns have occupied my mind lately. I’ll take the hard one first. It’s simply the state of our planet. I know I’m not alone in feeling distress over…| bluebrightly
Stretching 1243 miles (2000km) through Canada and the US, the “Mighty Columbia” has played a central role in the Pacific Northwest for tens of thousands of years. Non-native vessels wer…| bluebrightly
