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Inadequate Training
October 6, 2025
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An essential change in style and direction
Is sailing on the horizon towards the shore
Fair or foul weather, it will arrive in time
Altering existing systems, beliefs, and practices
We remain without the education we need
To deal with this profound mysterious moment
Dream Dog Beach
October 5, 2025
In Oregon the beach belongs to the state and cannot be private. Dogs are allowed to go off leash with reasonable behavior expected. Our dog Charlie is a huge fan of beach trips, feeling the need to greet all humans as well as canine visitors. He’s allowed to play with mutually consenting dogs. Today he met a one year old female dog from Texas who made him ecstatic. She is a great athlete who loves running as much as he does. His parents bring him here to run at the beach, all the way from Ft. Worth. She was his dream date.
Stain
October 5, 2025
The indelible beauty that dazzles daily
Leaves a permanently altered outlook
In equal measure the knowledge of cruelty
Distorts all ideas about future possibilities
Transformers
October 4, 2025
Find the root of transformation
It’s beneath your feet as well as above your head
Attaching you to sustenance and resilience
Your responsibility is to protect the connection
Perplexed
September 29, 2025
How many ways can we squirm in revulsion
With limited access to factual data?
Which belief system has shown resilience
As mendacious talk leads to insults?
Hard to discern what this harvest will bring
Degradation
September 28, 2025
The boat is adrift on a current of popularity
Collective unconscious choices
Drive connections into shallow territory
Corrupt motives go unnoticed
In a sea of mediocre aspirations
Hitting bottom is inevitable
Ricochet
September 27, 2025
Unwilling and unwitting,
Populations trudge along
Taking no heed of conditions
Trying to avoid at all costs
The damage being caused by denial
Returning to dissolve potential
Surf the Energy
September 26, 2025
If waves disrupt your peaceful rest
Remember that transformation requires
Destruction and abandonment
Of all your outmoded styles of perception
Validation
September 25, 2025
No certain amount of praise or honor
Can quench the never ending uncertainty
Brought by the desire to be admired.
It’s entirely enough to be present in full
No need to vex oneself chasing approval
Surrender to Shadow
September 24, 2025
Darkness takes the lead in this race
To the coldest place in the imagination
Stretch your thinking to catch a glimpse
Of all the overlooked aspects of shadow
Cast your gaze on the dark spaces
That reside behind the projections
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