Occupation: Poet Birth: July 27, 1947
I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change..
I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?.
If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being..
When you come to a place where you have to left or right, go straight ahead..
The very nature of marriage means saying yes before you know what it will cost. Though you may say the “I do” of the wedding ritual in all sincerity,….
Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things..
A short-lived fascination with another person may be exciting-I think we've all seen people aglow, in a state of being "in love with love"-but such a….
Any life lived attentively is disillusioning as it forces us to know us as we are..
The High Plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them..
I write what I would like to read..
Maybe the desert wisdom of the Dakotas can teach us to love anyway, to love what is dying, in the face of death, and not pretend that things are othe….
When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I….
They are fruit and transport: ripening melons, prairie schooners journeying under full sail..
To eat in a monastery refectory is an exercise in humility; daily, one is reminded to put communal necessity before individual preference. While cons….
When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?.
Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine..
Poets and monks... We're both sort of peripheral to the world..