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Celebrating Mom-mom
Jake
I woke up ravenous just before 6:30 this morning, grabbed a quick snack, and then fell back asleep until 7. I use my phone as my alarm, so when I picked it up to silence... More »
unfinished
Jake
I wrote the first faint line, faint, without substance, pure nonsense,/pure wisdom of someone who knows nothing - pablo neruda, Poetry Arrived never before have I written words for one woman, preferring instead to say... More »
Remembering to breathe
Jake
It's easy to forget to spend quiet time in the solace of my own self. When I moved to Boulder from Boston, I left behind friends and loved ones in search of a space of... More »
How do I express love?
Jake
For me, it's harder to not express love. But when I do express it... I do it through a million small things. My words (essays, entries, poems, letters.... (the ones you all get to read... More »
the first few words (orsa)
Jake
i want, like the wind - to see myself running through these words of yours; playful in your phrases, or a storm, or twist of light warming freckled skin. So i invent myself in the... More »
reconsidering change
Jake
(I started to write this months ago, but didn't feel ready to finish what I started. Here goes:) Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than... More »
revisiting 'disenchanted'
Jake
So disenchanted rocketed past Slicing Through Spiritual Elitism , About spiritual teachers and Did you know? to the top of my blog's hot results - and I first want to share a very, very heartfelt... More »
disenchanted
Jake
I wrote the accursed "Trust system" that's the topic of so much debate on the site. So I'm taking it all pretty personally. I tried to develop something that remained sensitive to the community's needs;... More »
why.
Jake
My loved ones think I love too easily. They've always told me to be careful, not to get in over my head, to keep my wits about me. They've always cast a wary eye on... More »
behind the cloth
Jake
I can't fathom his behaviour; why he would throw away the love and care you and others still offer him, almost sacrificing yourselves to save him? Why, except that he lives in a castle... More »
love
August 2008 