Hi friends, Love of animals is a later life gift for me. It’s amazing how we can be compassionate healers for one another. Last week I saw a pic in the NY Times of an American woman’s “trophy kill” of a beautiful giraffe. She leaned proudly against his body with her long rifle. There’s protection […]
This day of remembrance to the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. is equally a day of service. In America as elsewhere, the striving for a just and fair world is a task of on-going service, and the task is always to achieve a “yes, but more” aspect. It is a call not […]
Hello friends, Athens poet and my good friend Robert Ambrose Jr. has written a wonderful review of my forthcoming book, Interbeing. The book in hardback, paperback, and ebook editions will be published this spring by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers in Eugene, Oregon. It will be available for purchase here on […]
Hello, friends, Our dear cat Max, Maxy, Massimo Gatto, died at home after 19 years with us in December 2018. Among other things, he taught us about interspecies care and friendship. Peggy was great with him in so many ways. Here is the poem. Best for the New Year. Gene B. Max, Ti Voglio Bene* […]
Hello friends, I hope the new year brings new perspective to you about the tasks ahead. The beginning of each year is a point in life that you begin to measure what you want to do against what you can do given physical limitations and the inevitable changes of aging, no matter the calendar date. […]