Topic for April 2024
Making Loam from Dirt
- Change my life from barren to fertile ground, how?
- How do I attend to my soil?
- What can lay waste to my garden?
Come and explore this with us.
Online Meeting
We meet online beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Time every second Saturday of the month.
Highlights from our monthly gathering.
August 2023 Running on Empty
By Roy Compton
Posted in GathHighlights
Song of the Shattering Vessels by Peter Cole Either the world is coming togetheror else the world is falling apart— here—now—along these letters, against the walls of every heart. Today, tomorrow, within its weather,the end or beginning’s about to start— the world impossibly coming … Read More
July 2023 Hearing You Out
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Food of Love by Carolyn Kizer Eating is touch carried to the bitter end.SAMUEL BUTLER II I’m going to murder you with love;I’m going to suffocate you with embraces;I’m going to hug you, bone by bone,Till you’re dead all over.Then … Read More
June 2023 My Mentors/My Fathers
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Deep Sea Salmon Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of … Read More
May 2023 My Other Mother
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The Ugly Queen A tale taken from Duncan Williamson – Scottish Traveler The young king and queen of this land had only a baby girl, but the king’s only thoughts were on how to get rid of the giant who … Read More
April 2023 Nothing but the Truth
By Roy Compton
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Dan-Boy By Eugene Marckx Narrated by Eugene Marckx Dan was in Community College, but he quit. His loans began to mount up. One thing Uncle Jim and Aunt Reva taught him – “Dan-Boy, don’t ever owe nobody no money.” Dan … Read More
March 2023 Looking in the Mirror
By Roy Compton
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Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Narrated by Eugene Marckx Much Madness is divinest Sense ―To a discerning Eye ―Much Sense ― the starkest Madness ―‘Tis the MajorityIn this, as All, prevail ―Assent ― and you are sane ―Demur ― you’re … Read More