Drugs of choice: I fear that you are on the verge of claiming another victim that I love. Although I …
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Five elementals: Wood
Wood is more “elemental” before it has been made into something – or unmade into something, as when it slowly …
Five elementals: Water
My homescreen photo is about 75% water. As I mentally walk into the image, a breeze riffles the waves on …
Five elementals: Metal
At first thought, this seems to be the most unnatural of the five elementals in Chinese cosmology. That’s because I …
Five elementals: Earth, dissolving and transforming
Earth has qualities of darkness, yin, depth and quiet. I feel it with my toes, just below the surface of …
Five elementals: Fire
What does fire feel like to hold? The other four elements—metal, wood, earth, water—can be held. Fire can’t be held, …
Resting and reflecting in the five elementals
In ancient Chinese philosophy, one can reflect on five phases or aspects. These are elements or entities represented in nature …
Hey, wha’ happened?
That is a line spoken by the late comedian Fred Willard in a 2003 “mockumentary” movie called A Mighty Wind. …
Riding the “pandemic re-entry” waves
What does “pandemic re-entry” look and feel like? For me, everything seems tinged with anxiety on a very long measuring …
I Will Arise and Go Now: traveling with the words of poets
Many of the poems in my head have an upward or outward energy. That does not necessarily mean that they …