Jesus at the Globe Tavern

Hi friends, here is a somewhat odd poem for Easter. The Globe Tavern is a local Athens bar that hosts poetry readings. While I was there back in 2016, seeing a homeless person brought back similar memories at the Bar Blu in Italy. Happy Easter,…

Here Comes Trouble

Boom magazine here in Athens has a current issue devoted to people and their pets during the pandemic. Both my cats Max and Tony certainly know the comforting and soothing powers of a favorite pet. Here is a poem from my 2016 visit to MD Anderson…

Cosmogenesis in the Garden

Hello, friends. This beautiful weather reminds us that Spring is a season of ever-renewing change. Even as the world still suffers from many ills and the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, our glance at the garden and the abundance of warm sunshine…

Mutual healing

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…

Hail to Heroes

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…