“The Hard and the Soft”

Hello friends, with springtime here I'm reminded that new growth and wild green everywhere means renewed life and a hopeful season. What looks fragile and tentative in April will be hardy and strong in May storms and summer heat. As my poem…

Birthday wishes

Dear friends, today is my 91st birthday. My fondest wish for all of you is that you find peace and contentment right where you are. Often, we try to put these feelings into words, and just as often fail: the Buddha would tell us stop looking…

“Gene, You’re Slowing Down”

Hello friends, There will be a point in life that you begin to measure what you want to do against what you can do given physical limitations and seeing death getting closer. Hug those you love, care for yourself, help others. Here's a poem…

The Hum of It All

Hello friends, sometimes the world seems too much with us, as the saying goes. Television, cable services, social media, even old-fashioned magazines and newspapers threaten to drown us in information. There's no real solution, of course; the…

Feeling Fog, Feeling God

Now that Spring has truly arrived it is wonderful to see all the new season's growth and returning beauty. By the Oconee there can still be cool morning fog, reminding me that life still has its mysteries no matter how much brain-power I use trying to understand it.