The enlivened stardust called Otis these past twelve years has been returned....
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On the Resurrection of Beloved Dogs (poem)
“Everything is mortal. It dies. But its parts don’t die. Its parts become....
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Winning His Battle with Brain Cancer: A Good Man Has Died
[caption id="attachment_3459" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mark....
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Forget the Blessings (poetry)
for T.C. Forget pious blessing chatter. The nice-nice that assures polite....
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Metal May Well Revert (poetry)
I am posting this poem here, as my dear friend's mother died last night. I....
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On Death: Four Noble Truths and a Metta Prayer
Another death. Two, actually. One is the death of a UU ministerial colleague,....
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New Name, No Name, All Names: On Dukkha and any Afterlife
…, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new....
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Meditations on Grave Digging
I am not known to shy away from death (not yet, at least). Lest you forget....