Adieu Enlivened Stardust

The enlivened stardust called Otis these past twelve years has been returned....


On the Resurrection of Beloved Dogs (poem)

“Everything is mortal. It dies. But its parts don’t die. Its parts become....


F*ck Bucket Lists

So there's this thing.  A term of art that apparently everyone (who's anyone)....


Winning His Battle with Brain Cancer: A Good Man Has Died

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Winter Walk

Desiccated bronze orphans, aligned along branches, rustling....


Forget the Blessings (poetry)

for T.C. Forget pious blessing chatter. The nice-nice that assures polite....


Metal May Well Revert (poetry)

I am posting this poem here, as my dear friend's mother died last night.  I....


On Death: Four Noble Truths and a Metta Prayer

Another death. Two, actually. One is the death of a UU ministerial colleague,....


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....


Meditations on Grave Digging

I am not known to shy away from death (not yet, at least).   Lest you forget....