Bodhicitta, the Awakening Mind Moon
Bodhicitta, the Awakening Mind Moon Full Moon February 12, 2025 Taking refuge in The Three Treasures, I vow to live a life of: Three Tenets of a Zen Peacemaker faith like falling waterstillness & ongoingnesscomplex as ecology found community in tendernessa wish fulfilled slowly Poem by Qayyum Johnson. Painting by Suiko McCall. Diamond Thunderbolt, 2018. Sumi ink […]
We Must Be Honest Moon
We Must Be Honest Moon New Moon January 29, 2025 Hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual. -Robin Wall Kimmerer Out of one world & into another water into water, milk for milk I had nothing to offer her so I moaned when she moaned & kept my eyes on her eyes said I was […]
Turn To The Ones Beside You Moon
Turn To The Ones Beside You Moon Full Moon January 13, 2025 This time, this life, with just this— I talk myself dry until it rains & let go up & out I reach into the wide thus of our inescapable interdependence here I find myself included, at home among the frightened evacuees & hopeful migrants at […]
Earth’s Sensual Body (Petrichor Moon)
Earth’s Sensual Body (Petrichor Moon) New Moon December 30, 2024 through your fragrance please remind me to love learn how to wake up fresh from daydream into this fresh dream day all butterflies igniting one another in the breath- rhythm of season Poem by Qayyum Johnson. Paintings by Suiko McCall. Don’t Take it as Light, 2018. […]
Trail mix for your soul
Click to watch my 3-minute video. Maybe you’ve heard this cheeky teaching: It’s great to meditate for 30 minutes a day. If you don’t have 30 minutes, sit for 15. If you don’t have 15 minutes, sit for 5. If you don’t have 5 minutes, sit for 30! In a merciful response to how pressed […]
Your Creative Renaissance
Are you tired of feeling stuck in a soul-sucking job or relationship? You deserve more: a life that’s fulfilling, purposeful, and exciting! Imagine waking up every day excited to make a real difference in your community. This isn’t a fantasy — it’s my reality — and it can be yours, too! Join me in an […]
Family-Style Moon
Family-Style Moon Full Moon December 15, 2024 hi old friend in the rocks by a rush of change & river there you are in the mountains at this time of the year with your dog & your face maybe a backpack situated on yourself some- where & the weather now is what it is a […]
Addressed to the Being of the Dark Beneath
Addressed to the Being of the Dark Beneath New Moon December 1, 2024 Rise I call you into glowing motionDevious dweller in pressureCold current of truthYou are found where you were not looked-forCambodian salmon carp we call youThough you are no one named Improper presence, please riseSwimming with Chinese youthThousands gently smiling along lamp-lit highwaysSurging toward the […]
Now Moon (Starry Thom Lane)
Now Moon (Starry Thom Lane) Full Moon November 15, 2024 hi old friend on your post-life journey lilting like a lute voice lost in distance you have begun to waver already becoming a body of wisps of remembrance longing for more shapes to squeeze & turn away from another you bicycle rides in Holland streets with […]
Empathy Moon (Without One Another Who Are We)
Empathy (Without One Another Who Are We) New Moon November 1, 2024 Inanna knew owls growing up The forests were thick then with dark & light Openings from the ground would erupt into canopy Fear was not unknown—shame was also known They called to one another like young owls Pre-dawn was the way of things for […]
