In memory. 1. When I was still in high school (and so open to being moved) I passed by some broken asphalt. Out of the cracked street, rose a single wild flower. I can recall that though the petals trembled, it still seemed very brave. The pavement radiated away from the plant’s growth, as if [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Death’
Meditations on Flowers
Posted in The Essays, tagged Death, flowers, Psychology on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Spud, The Secret, his Story, and his Untimely Death
Posted in The Essays, tagged alaska, Death, mysticism, philosophy, physics, Poetry, the secret, truckers on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
1. I used to work at a truck stop in Arctic Alaska. I got to know (and in some cases adore) many truckers. We called one of those truckers Spud. Spud was a self-proclaimed “poet of the open road.” He would recite to me his rhyming verse. He leaned into the cash register (I was [...]
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