The ear is only a petal that grows from the heart. When we hear each other, it all becomes a garden. - Mark Nepo I struggle with listening. I experience hearing loss. I will start wearing hearing aids this week to help me with hearing. But, he...

Here is always beneath There. - Mark NepoMark Nepo What I Know For Sure About Here and There There is bigger in our memories. Memories are There. My memories are big. The church I attended as a child. My high school. The house in which I gre...

This is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me.And I’d say, What?And he’d say, This—holding up my cheese and mustard sandwich.And I’d say, What?And he’d say, This, sort of looking around.From "The Gate" by Marie Howe In con...

I eat oatmeal for breakfast./ I make it on the hot plate and put skimmed milk on it./ I eat it alone./ I am aware it is not good to eat oatmeal alone. from Galway Kinnell, "Oatmeal" Life is meant to connect with others. It amazes me how quickly my...