Tag: Meditation

• May 23, 2012

  A mean case of arthritis

  A long day can be relieved by a rooftop breeze or even by its memory. The humidity created its own atmosphere over the City. The Park smelled of warm Fruit Loops and my hair was a puff pastry. I believe I am coming down with a mean case of arthritis. In the morning, one conversation…
• May 19, 2012

  O brave woman

  At 5:47 a.m., the rim of the sky wore a pinkish hue. It was fuchsia. At 7:46 p.m. last night, the stain glass of the bell tower was lit all in fuchsia. I awoke early, recalling the cool steps of the courtyard, awoke, curled up like a fetus, and thought of you. O brave woman,…
• May 17, 2012

  Tree cutting

  Socrates’ greatness was to be able to play with children, and to consider that his time was thus well spent…. Socrates lives a human life simply and humbly. –Pierre Hadot, The Present Alone * Yesterday I bought bananas for Joan. She said she had plenty. Now I have four bananas to eat. The rain from the…
• May 7, 2012

  Loving my body entirely

  A few weeks ago, I asked what a body can do. I wanted to change the question from “What does a body look like when it is at rest?” to “What does a body feel like when it is functioning properly?” The latter question is a very good one, and yet it leaves hanging a more…
• March 15, 2012

  Restless mens (L.): Three E verses

  I.   Clever men bleed well: they’re feted, fed senselessly, sent every rendered wench, end effeted, well-spent, seceded.     II.   Agreed! Sempre, the terms severed, they were sentenced hence: ever rent yet never freed.    (Dern! Derned, derned severe!)     III.   The tree bends, The reed-wren flees, The wereful sheep descend. Pebbles…