Whitman: “I Contain Multitudes.”
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself;
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
From “Song of Myself” in Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass
May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892
To be a writer is to be very large with words. Read more…
Nat’l Poetry Month: 2 Poems on Kindness
ONE: On Kindness
I remember kindness
as the sun remembers my face
as the breeze whispers I love you
as the sea gives out wet puppy kisses
I remember kindness
as the gaze from the stranger on the same soul path
as the warmth from the smile of my cat
as the telltale green of spring
I remember kindness
as the moment of recognition
oh it’s you again
the field of lupine in the highway median
the carpet of gratefulness
the splash of orange sun underfoot captured by poppies
oh it’s you again
the piss of cougar trailside
the blackened branches now dead now alive
the smell of ash drowned by spring rains and hot chamise
I remember kindness
when I see you and you and you
the button famous to the hole
the sparkle famous to the eye
the wrinkle famous to the face
I remember kindness
when the path is clear
the light is green
the door unlocks
the creek runs clean
I remember kindness
when I am broken
and the world holds me in place
until
I feel fixed again
enough to move
Burning Man founder Larry Harvey and I share a birthday — we were both born January 11.
And we shared a passion for similar things: Art. Philosophy. Absinthe. Making stuff happen. Ideas. Language.
early Larry Harvey: the man in the hat
I met Larry Harvey Read more…
Do it. Do good this weekend.
Chinese Proverb: People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
As Earth Month heads toward its inevitable conclusion, there’s one more weekend to do good this month.
But of course just because Earth Month is over doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep on doing good.
This weekend there are a few events on Saturday I want to call your attention to and a fundraiser on Sunday. Read more…
Ventura College celebrates Earth Day today from 10-1pm with succulent planting and other activities to make the world better in an event organized by Associated Students at Ventura College. This evening from 630-830pm is the Ventura College Climate Action Summit. Scroll down for details as well as directions on how to make this Earth sugar cookies! Read more…
Earth Day: Stand For What You Stand On
What’s the opposite of a gun?
On Friday April 20, students across the United States will answer that question with a resounding answer:
a walkout.
Earth Month, Earth Week, Earth Day 2018 and VOTE!
How has your Earth Month been so far?
While the Earth is celebrated all April and while #EarthDayIsEveryDay, this week is considered Earth Week and Sunday April 22 is the official “Earth Day.” Read more…
When are TAXES due in 2018?
Usually it’s pretty easy for you and for Hagar to figure out when taxes are due.
But this year it’s quite complicated! Read more…
Get yr grammar on: World Semicolon Day
Word Crimes: We all commit them. Srsly, theyre part of the rising process, write?!
When we are rushing to get the words out, to go with the flow, to stay with our wild minds, to get our down draft down, we need to follow the rules of writing practice as set out by Natalie Goldberg and not worry about spelling, punctuation, or grammar. But then there comes the time to revise those down drafts, and to fix them up, as Anne Lamott describes in her chapter on “Shitty First Drafts” in Bird By Bird.
So to help you get your grammar on, I have two videos, and a very important public service announcement.
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