looking back is dangerous

as satchel paige is reputed to have said, don't look back, 

something might be gaining on you.

of course, he also said, 

just take the ball and throw it where you want to. throw strikes.

home plate don't move.

my contribution...

...to national poetry month:

this
is a 
poem
about
nothing.


the end.

not all there

hugging you, he said, 

is like hugging a hologram.

not all there.

she blinked,

and disappeared.

playing around on fremont street

 

fuck it, dude, let's go bowling.

core

i do not need to pretend that i am anyone other than myself. i do not need to feel insecure about my perceptions. the self-cultivation that i undertake is to perfect who i am, not to become someone other than who i am.
--365 tao, day 297

solutions

don't be afraid to explore;
without exploration there are no discoveries.
don't be afraid of partial solutions;
without the tentative there is no accomplishment.
--365 tao, day 295

lone pine wildlife

this little one was sitting
in the middle of horseshoe meadow road,
not doing much,
not moving very well.
i shooed him off to the side.
hope s/he's ok.
kinda doubt it.

in case anyone has ever told you to go there...

...it's this way: