In the chaosconstructed by human connivance,greed, and blinkered self-deception, I look to the treesrising, indifferentto human madness,slow-reaching skyward,slow-flowing sap to nourisheach twig and leafand tiny single cell… I look to the seasrolling on and on,uncaring of Man’s designs,against the sands, the cliffs,or flinging wildlypartnering with rocky shoresto dance, force meeting gravity,to graze the air and …
Author Archives: Ciel
Voting for or voting against…?
It’s never actually ‘either/or.’ When we vote against what we don’t like, we are voting for the other candidate whether we like them or not. Those who voted against Harris because she was Biden’s VP, against the woman, against the not-white candidate, voted for Trump. Those who took it all for a lark or a …
Wakeup Call
Morning creeps in,My head is not ready for it.It glows against the mountainagainst the quiet cloudstinging all things goldenas they brighten to full day… I am not readywanting the landscapes stillof dreamsof comforter and bedpillowing my headin sleep, dayless,consciousless… Slowly,relentlesslyday pushes outthe shadows of the house;world sounds,the silenceof the head and house… Body nagsits various …
To Eat or Not To Eat
Watching nature documentaries, another dichotomy of living in this world comes to mind: Predatory/Prey. There is very little life on Earth that does not have to kill to eat. Speaking with scientific dispassion, every organism has to acquire and transform other life forms to nutrients in order to live, to thrive, to perpetuate its own …
FIRE!
I watched a documentary series about The Great London Fire of 1666. I can’t recommend it for the writing, so cliche-ridden, so larded with tabloidesque expositions, delivered with such earnestness by a team of narrators who can’t be blamed for the material they’re given. Despite that, the information about the Great Fire itself is worth …
Juneteenth: An American Celebration
I hear the outward celebrations of Juneteenth are being scaled down due to expectations of backlash from bigots, basically. In the current national atmosphere, it’s understandable, and in some degree wise. Like not setting off fireworks in a dry meadow. But the historic moment is most certainly not canceled, it is not going away: Those …
Involuntary Celibates… thinking about where it goes wrong.
It’s in the idea that sex is a male’s biological and social right. It’s in the idea you know what is right for females, what women want, what will get them to want get together with you. So you try to dress up in that garb: the Nice Guy. And women seem to disdain that, …
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For Better Or For Worse
I was reading some news from the UK today and it struck me how lucky that nation is to be so enriched with citizens bringing ideas and culture from so many parts of the world. It’s how the world grows, how it’s supposed to grow. I know there are many who deplore the changes to …
More On Being An American
It’s one of the things that Americans abroad are most recognized by and very often criticized for: striking up conversation with total strangers! Yes, we do that. We do it abroad not realizing that what we do at home is, in fact, not done in many other societies in the world. Americans consider it a …
On Being An American
My son-in-law, an Englishman by birth, has held a green card for several years. This week he took the test and the oath and now he is an American. This is a strange time for Americans, as the dominating force at the top is the most anti-American we have ever had to contend with. Even …
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