PARADISE  An untimely beauty with soft dark skin. She walks with the confidence of a queen strolling along the gold path laid before her. Wearing exquisite cloths crafted by the most conscious designers of her village. Her hair is golden with coils shining like crystals…

Recipe for Change One cup of pure desire; One cup of commitment; One seed of mustard faith (more, when available). One cup of undiluted focus; One cup of humility and patience; One seed of mustard faith (more, when available). *** Be sure your cup is…

Listen Hunting Dodge Duck Wood The following is the recipe for finding an ideal lover. Follow the rules. Keep it close and you may just about find your ideal lover. It is a difficult task to find an ideal lover. However, if you insist on…

Ingredients: spirals garden dive waterfall gratitude I plant spirals everywhere I go. A garden full of climbing vines, thoughts that turn and tumble round the purpose of the moment, finding all the nooks and crannies where they can scatter past appointed tasks, diving quick as…

Ingredients needed Anchor (staying power) Eraser (forgiveness) Yoga instructor (maintaining flexibility) Prayer shawl (you will pray,  a lot) Writing time (makes all the rest work better) The main ingredient for this recipe is the anchor,  the staying power.  It must be added at each stage…

Recipe for balance in the time of plague   Four and twenty birds… not only rusty blackbirds, but blue jays and cardinals and goldfinches the small house finch with his cherry hood, the cocksure mocker with his flick of tail.   Next grate the lemon…

⇐I have watched you from a distance I have loved you from that same distance My heart cries out for your love Cries out for your touch, your caress I see you with others and I cringe I see you love others and I flinch…

Love Justice Shelter Economic System Opportunity & Education Mix   This recipe isn’t quick and easy like brownies, but it is certainly satisfying. It is impossible to add too much Love. If you’re not sure you have enough, I have found that the more you stir…

A partnership formed together we build our present and future, Laugh together. Cry together. Explore together. Create together. Be together. Your calmness grounds us, My fuel drives us forward, Sometimes acquiring each other’s habits, good and bad, Understanding each other in silence or not

The remnants of you flow through my veins and I can still see your smile— Even though it faded forever last October. I hope you know I am ok and I am better than I was when you left me— because the remnants of you…