Continue Reading A Prayer under Eucalyptus Trees. I am not the praying kind, but you can hear me occasionally mumbling to the universe in general, sometimes begging, sometimes announcing…
Continue Reading Foggy Times. Walk with me, up and down the hills of the San Ramon Valley, morning fog enhancing the beautiful shapes of the leafless…
Continue Reading On the Road. I am traveling, just like the snow geese. A friend reminded me of this poem, fit for Martin Luther King Day. Even…
Continue Reading Rest in Power, Michel Saran. 1938 - 2026 My heart is heavy today, after a German friend and mentor died peacefully two days ago, surrounded by his family. I am…
Continue Reading When the World Looks Away “There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles Three years ago, I…
Continue Reading Entering 2026 What to write for the first column of the New Year, a year that started with fresh horrors on top of the…
Continue Reading Possibilities Walk with me. Today the universe sent a graffiti message to find the birds, so we shall. It will be the last stroll…
Continue Reading Leave mothers alone! Here is the good news: you can keep the popcorn in the cupboards and avoid empty calories if you don’t watch the…
Continue Reading Steadfastness. “A Third Way: Between mute submission and blind hate – I choose the third way. I am ṣāmid. – Raja Shehadeh, A…
Continue Reading Seeing and not seeing. My mother, working on her dissertation in the field of agricultural sciences, conducted a series of experiments in the university greenhouse in…
