Tag: haibun
Dec 9 – Stand Up
Moses killed a man, stirred up as he was, finally admitting he was a brother to the defenseless one under attack. Oh it was a mistake, to be sure, a crime of passion, anger not yet refined in the fi... Read More
Dec 8 – At a snail’s pace
If you can’t go far, go deep, or around and around discovering your reduced kingdom, smaller than expected where the dreams you had shimmer and disappear, as you reach for your reading glasses neede... Read More
Dec 6 – Freedom
… soup steaming, flatbread fused with broiled cheese bubbling, everything at the necessary super-hot temperature. I coax Caleb into the chair – finally. He is dependent on prompts which li... Read More
Dec 5 – Live in Hope
Cars raced by. I was dawdling, distracted by Caleb’s unease in the backseat as we traveled home from Children’s Hospital. The doctor had listened but offered us nothing to fix the anxiety that c... Read More
Dec 1 – Begin again
We don’t begin today. We began a thousand – thousand mornings ago with others, whose curious hearts, hurting and hopeful, worn weary, yet still watchful led the way longing. The famous one... Read More
Surprise – ‘atravel journal’ – August
What is the nature of ‘surprise’? There is something of anticipation and something of mystery in it. Yet we shouldn’t forget that it can be delightful or devastating, or both. ... Read More
Nightlife – ‘atravel journal’ prayer July 31
Nightlife It is too early, but I can’t sleep anymore, a lifelong reality I have sometimes appreciated more than right now. Caleb is also awake. I can hear him in his restlessness – also a lifelong... Read More- 2 of 2
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