It was a last minute thing when I got the call this past Wednesday. My friend at the lakehouse was having a sweat lodge that had been planned for several weeks but when the leader had to bow out at the last moment, she turned to me to try to find a replacement or either […]
“F— Assimilation”: Keeping it Real as Native Americans
Here it’s not exactly often, but it’s definite when it happens, but if someone mentions Native Americans, you’ll have someone who moans and shakes their head saying something like, “I’ve seen how they live, it’s horrible. Drugs. Alcoholism. Just awful.” Wasn’t very different in the USA. I correct such people when I can, attempting to […]
Book Trailer for The Angel of Berlin & Explanation of A Modern Fairy-Tale
As told in previous posts prior to its release, The Angel of Berlin, is a story I wrote based entirely on a dream. I have the curse/blessing of often dreaming in vivid detail, extended version, where I can even awake, get up, walk around with memory and then go back to sleep and continue the […]
One of my Influences: Yevgeny Yevtushenko & his poem “Party Card”
It’s one of the few physical books I carry with me when/wherever I travel, whether I have just a rucksack with my stuff in it or a suitcase: a book of selected poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. From famous poets & poems website, the author bio: “Born in Siberia near Lake Baikal in 1933, Yevtushenko is […]
“To Die” A Poem by Hannah Senesh With Commentary & Memories
I wonder what Hannah would have said about much of the world, and especially colonially, violently founded countries like the USA, supporting Israeli occupation and genocide of Palestinians? Hannah, a freedom fighter who fought not only for liberation of her own people, but others similarly oppressed? Her poem might be uttered today by someone from […]
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