Category: Nomadism
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Impermanence
Holiness pierced her eyes when she watched how the union of lavenders and soft, peachy hues transform a sunrise above the nomad’s camp in the semi-Gobi. The discovery of playful buoyancy in the marshy salt lakes of Siwa lifted and cleansed her, a baptism before she was ready to take communion. A nocturnal boat ride…
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Baci Blessings
~Do I experience the world because I keep my heart and eyes open, or are my heart and eyes open because I experience the world?~ One by one, the elders of the clan gathered in the living room and approached the newborn on their knees. Gently, they each tied a single white string around the…
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Haikuing Whether I Should Have Kids
Perimenopause. Is it too late for children?Choices I face now. Before, no freedom.Now, paradox of choices.And… microplastics. Every stores’ itemsWill some day join a landfill.But: independence. What is legacy? My great-grandmother’s choices.Do they continue Through me or do IStop because I am afraid. Not from solitude Or raising kids byMyself, which she did beforeHer kids were taken. But…
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The Definition of Circuitous
If you’re not able To firmly plant roots In the soil You’re in:Sometimes you Have to learnHow to grow wings. Moreno Valley CALIFORNIA My father built a Jungle gym in our backyard,Outfitted with a rope swingAnd slide. One day the slideLays flat in the grassAt a yardsale. We’re selling Some possessions. At threeI becomeA nomad. Grants Pass…
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Jeonju
“To journey without being changed is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.” -Mark Nepo
Circuitous Wanderings 