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Children's Book ~ With a Little Kelp from our Friends →

March 13, 2021

Our challenge now, as a global community, is how we can heal our home, the Earth. This challenge is not a burden. It’s a perfect opportunity to reconnect with the environment around us and to learn from nature, a powerful teacher.

This is what led me to seaweed.

The potential in a clump of seaweed could change the world. It’s not the sole solution to global warming, but it is an important piece in the climate puzzle. It’s part of an approach that’s grounded in connection, conservation and regeneration, where we tread lightly, acknowledging the role we play in restoring balance. We’re at a turning point, and what we do now will determine our future.

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More about the book ↩︎

I could have been on a boat

would have liked to

a boat would be nice but

if I can’t have a boat

I would like to just fall asleep

when my credits roll

to fall asleep right at the end

at that small jut

where the audience thinks maybe

there’s another scene surely

it can’t end now

and they don’t know

or want to but wait

to see if the darkness continues

then music begins from

somewhere behind and

the words rise up

the credits roll

I’d just fall asleep then.

Imagine

having five grand.

(overheard)

When the sun sets

before the night

and I’m riding

down the three-lane

barely lit, moving,

knuckles white

the rushing air from passing cars

to my right;

the curb is always close.

There’s a certain numbness:

winter’s night,

gloveless hands, lost

love, depression –

moving towards the orange light,

near red.

I grip the bars,

shaking,

facing the intersection

and sailing through,

nearly missing.

The sound of a rock

underarmed

into the shallows

is louder than

the sound of a thousand

handfuls

of tossed sand.

The gait of a wingless bird

inside a circle

of hands and feet.

Sometimes I feel like a brick.

A brick in a pavement,

on a wall,

up a church,

inside a chimney.

There are other bricks.