An Ode to Cali

I’m back in San Francisco for a little while, sitting in the window seat and reveling in the morning. A big cruise ship rests at Pier 27 and I put myself in a state room for a moment, gazing through a porthole at the pastel hills of San Francisco and I can feel how I would long to live in such a lovely landscape. Outside this window, hummingbirds are doing that funny thing, hovering, lifting out of view, then dropping like little green daredevils into the fig tree below.

I have been spending so much time in the Midwest, helping family members, that people have started asking why I don’t move there. My ring of friends there is wider than in San Francisco, and the city of Omaha is finally booming, with art galleries and concerts and restaurants flourishing. The standard of living is gentler there, and even the location is more conducive to touring bands. Continue reading “An Ode to Cali”

Dear Humans

Dear Humans,

First off I will say, so there’s no misunderstanding, I love you.

This is not love that needs something from you, or is some sort of burden or expectation you need to carry around with you. I love you with our common heart. Common molecules, common history, common planet, common energy. We are One. I know this is not a popular belief these days with so much side-choosing, but it’s a fact. My love for you is the same energy that lies underneath the love I have for my self and for my family and my pets and my place of manifestation. Love, at the core of myself, this energy shared with you. Continue reading “Dear Humans”