by mkellent | May 12, 2021 | Inspiration, Our world, Purpose, Reflections, social reflections
Each day they entered with muffled greetings, their plastic shrouds rustling. There was an inevitable flurry of activity as they consulted dials and meters. Somewhere behind goggles I imagined I could see their eyes while anonymous hands checked the various tubes...
by mkellent | Apr 25, 2021 | Inspiration, people who are aging with purpose, social reflections
Looking back over the last 5 months I see how much change there is, both within me and without. I used to say half-seriously that I am not a noun but a verb. Most of the nouns, the solid unchanging entities in my world, have become become dynamic and shifting. The...
by mkellent | Mar 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
As Mark Nepo notes in his book “Drinking from the River of Light” The purpose of art in all its forms is to make life real, to remove everything that gets in the way, and to help us live. It is my delight to share this poem The Art of Creeks When the sun sets, the...
by mkellent | Feb 29, 2020 | I never thought I could, Our world
I love to walk the dogs in my new neighborhood. A creek flows just a block or so away. On my first visit I saw how this beautiful creek was filled with plastic trash. I saw this lovely white heron peck up a shiny piece of trash for food. I couldn’t stop...
by mkellent | Feb 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
A year or so ago I encountered young people, over and over again, who shared their sadness that by the time they wanted to explore their culture or family history, the story-bearers had gone. And I wanted to do something about it. I grew up 5000 miles away from my...
