Loss & Grief — a deer poemThe daily walk with dogs and pine fresh air. A deer is grazing in the green, rare to witness in our local woods. Ears prick up, she turns…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Ode to Persimmon — 12/2020What fruits mature in the dormant depths of winter? What fruits when ripe, so deliciously plump, so wantonly juiced and sweet, offer so…Dec 19, 2020Dec 19, 2020
MyBlog: InnerVentures“I wish that I could show you, when you are lonely in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.” ~ HafizDec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020
Another ChanceA poem about boarding school by Ardhan Swatridge — October 2019Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2019
The Gift of The DesertI adjust to the slow swinging pace of the camels and take in their mix of gentle grace, their unique body shapes and their massive animal…Sep 7, 2019Sep 7, 2019
Teenage Trauma of a pretty ‘bum boy’It has taken me fifty years to reach a point in my life where I feel ready to talk openly about some of my boarding school experiences…Aug 19, 2016Aug 19, 2016