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Prose

On Making Your Own Joy

Posted on 11/28/2021 by Khaya Ronkainen / 33 Comments

The holiday season can be a time of great joy or sadness, depending on where it finds one. I’ve been on both sides of the coin. But let’s consider this, holiday...

Project Finding Beauty

On Finding Beauty

Posted on 08/01/2021 by Khaya Ronkainen / 12 Comments

It’s the first day of the new month, and what better opportunity to try something new! Since last year, I’ve been working on a poetry book. And the act of tryin...

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Contemplating a Post-Covid Life

Posted on 07/04/2021 by Khaya Ronkainen / 18 Comments

Conflicted. I’ve always been, between a life in the city and in the country. This had nothing to do with my notoriously indecisive trait as a Libran, the ...

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"In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present "In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature. We do not tell a birch tree it should be more like an elm. We face it with no agenda, only an appreciation that becomes participation: 'I love looking at this birch' becomes 'I am this birch' and then 'I and this birch are opening to a mystery that transcends and holds us both." -- David Richo

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Seasons Defined Seasons Defined
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From the Depths of Darkness: A Collection of Dark Poetry Left in the Light From the Depths of Darkness: A Collection of Dark Poetry Left in the Light
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