October Endings
Auroras set the landscape ablazeand October goes out with a bangfor the dead are not really deadbut live always, only in a stateof profound dormancy. backstory:...
Author: Khaya Ronkainen
Khaya Ronkainen writes poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction. This blog explores all things writing and living, aka personal history, cross-cultural experiences, nature, language, and the many ways people carry home within and across borders.
Contemplative Practice
In contemplation, I stop and breathe. backstory: Some people do yoga, tai chi, meditation and so on, as a contemplative practice to calm the mind, I walk. As au...
Random Acts of Kindness
Literary friends help me celebrate words. (longish) backstory: Whether you view writing as a solitary activity or not, we can’t deny that the act of putting wor...