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My traditional teacher once told me that nothing in the universe
My traditional teacher once told me that nothing in the universe ever grew from the outside in. A man stopped us in the street last week. He was dirty...

“And I rose in rainy autumn and walked abroad in a shower of all
“And I rose in rainy autumn and walked abroad in a shower of all my days…” Dylan Thomas. Fifty nine years years ago I was born and along with me...

I write to fulfill my destiny. I write to confront everything that
I write to fulfill my destiny. I write to confront everything that confused, vexed and pained me in life. I write to celebrate everything that enlarge...

There is a vastness to life and living that can’t be measured.
There is a vastness to life and living that can’t be measured. Above me the sky and beyond in all its limitless mystery. Below me the Earth with its...

The greatest man I have ever known once told me that before we had
The greatest man I have ever known once told me that before we had language we had the drum and music. We had feeling. Then we had gestures. When we l...

During last night’s Grant Entry at the Kamloops Powwow it
During last night’s Grant Entry at the Kamloops Powwow it occurred to me that I write so that future generations might dance and continue offering b...

The writers at my writing retreat are learning something
The writers at my writing retreat are learning something invaluable - that there is a channel running through all of us that flows with the very same ...