Nov 15, 2022Member-onlyDeclinations of YouA Love Poem about Essence and Grammar — Watching the Infinitive You While you sleep Existing in your unconjugated state Pure Round Rested Uncomplicated Ready to be invited Into action Ready to step into A new situation And be transformed By the elements around you The genus of the characters around you The time you exist in The…2 min read2 min read
Nov 14, 2022Member-onlyThe Space in Between the ChaosAtomic Writing: Day 3 Wouldn’t it be great If Life had a pause button? If whenever things felt too loud Too fast Too busy Too wild We could simply check out Stop the flow of information Close the tabs of our overloaded minds For just a moment Until things calmed…2 min read2 min read
Nov 12, 2022Member-onlyLost Glasses, New VisionAtomic Writing: Day 0 — Yesterday I put both pairs of my glasses More than a decade old Arms broken Nosepads missing Screws loose Into a pouch And the pouch Into my purse Arriving at the optician’s office To have them repaired, I opened my purse To find the pouch Was gone Thrice retracing my…2 min read2 min read
Oct 27, 2022Member-onlyThe Dearly DepartedA Farewell Poem to the Souls of Embodying Collective Transformation, October 2022, Bergerac — For the departed, and soon to depart: Rick Yogesh Rob Ilja Robyn Casper Theo Victoria Adin Eline Emma Karl Pip Jocelyn Lukas Johnson Catherine Leni Nadine Since you’ve been gone I notice there is a place in me that has gone quiet It’s the place that used to come alive …2 min read2 min read
Apr 4, 2022Member-onlyScenes from the StreetGneisenaustraße, Berlin — April 4, 2022 — An older man jogging Down the sidewalk In shorts and red cap From the opposite direction A cyclist Eyes meet for a millisecond In one rough gesture Without slowing a step The man points to the side: The bike path A simple motion Carrying the message You are in the…Berlin2 min readBerlin2 min read
Mar 31, 2022Member-onlyThe Slap, the Cry, and the UglyPropagators of Toxic Masculinity in Unexpected Places — I’m queuing for fried plantains while Tim fills a basket with vegetables at the weekly Maybachufer market. It’s a brisk, sunny March afternoon. …Toxic Masculinity4 min readToxic Masculinity4 min read
Mar 22, 2022Member-onlyBraking the Momentum of Past ChoicesResisting Selves We Don’t Want to Be — I’m speeding along the bike path on Gneisenaustrasse, late for a friend’s baby shower, when I zoom past a man lying facedown, sprawled on the sidewalk, so close to the path that he could be clipped by oncoming riders. …Homelessness8 min readHomelessness8 min read
Oct 11, 2021Member-onlyActivate Generosity with Circles UBI Community CurrencyHow losing my bike led me to a new trust-based universal basic income This weekend someone decided that my third-hand bike secured with a seven-year lock was worth the effort to break and take. …Universal Basic Income8 min readUniversal Basic Income8 min read
Aug 31, 2021Member-onlyThe Joy of Being Down for the CountI got my second vaccination yesterday afternoon. Today I am home, achy, slightly feverish, dizzy, weak, and slow. It is a blessing. The first shot took me through similar symptoms, and I was also grateful. It’s not only because I am glad in the bigger picture that having symptoms from…Vaccination5 min readVaccination5 min read
Published in The Creative Cafe·May 8, 2021Member-onlyMessage in a BottleThe bottle is a large, scratched whiskey chamber, miraculously still with remnants of the label on the side. Pulling the cork, still firmly tucked into the mouth, it makes a plunging sound. Inside, the paper is damp but not wet. …Writing1 min readWriting1 min read
