This year, 2021, marks 20 years since I published my first book, Meditations of John Muir: Nature’s Temple. With my […]

This year, 2021, marks 20 years since I published my first book, Meditations of John Muir: Nature’s Temple. With my […]
Five years ago this month, Carol and I drove across the land known as America. From San Francisco, California to […]
I have no aversion to a version of verse on any day along the way (sorry, couldn’t resist). Here’s a […]
In these fearfully uncertain times, when “self-isolating” and “social distancing” send us into defensive self-protection, the wise and wild words […]
Now and then I post a poem–or hang a poem on this post. This one was composed, composted, in one […]
I don’t write much poetry any more, and I never liked rhyming much, but here’s something in honor of the […]
Very meaningful visit to the great poet’s home and gravesite in Camden, NJ. Original items in the house include […]
Whitman was born 200 years ago this month (May 31, 1819). Today’s column in the Citizen-Times (page one; page two) presented […]
I don’t write many of these things called “poems.” In part inspired by the loss of Mary Oliver yesterday, I […]
Mary Oliver’s poetry was scattered through years of my chaplaincy, often read by a person on the street at […]