A high-joy, low-consumption pursuit that my friend Colleen Kaleda, a journalist, and I love to do together is write haiku. Her first poem reflects that she and her husband merrily ousted some pavement from their property last summer. Contact speaks to our shared love of community and sociability. Which reminds me: this Thursday Colleen and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'haiku'
High-Joy, No-Cost Fun: Haiku
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, work
Tags: Colleen Kaleda·fun·haiku
Love On The Edge by Colleen Kaleda
February 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · entertainment, simplicity
Happy Valentine’s Day! In the spirit of romance and soft-edged things, we have haiku today by my friend Colleen Kaleda, who happens to be a professional journalist. Why are Colleen and I so fond of writing haiku together? Because it’s a process of throwing away frippery and non-essentials (and you know how I feel about [...]
Tags: Colleen Kaleda·culture·fun·Grant Macdonald·haiku·happiness·Honduras·life·love·relationships
Mid-Winter Haiku
January 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · lifestyle
by Alison Wiley My blog Diamond-Cut Life is a medley of money-saving advice that reduces carbon emissions at the same time, critical thinking on current events and U.S. culture, and a personal journal of treading as lightly and joyfully on the earth as I can. Friendship, community and the arts are big elements for me [...]
Tags: friendship·haiku
Triptych Of Grace
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, nature, politics
In the past month I’ve been writing energetically (raving?) about the economic crisis and the presidential race. They matter a lot to me. But I think it’s our deep inner lives, the lives of our souls, that guide us into wisdom, joy and what I term the diamond-cut life. A few weeks ago I was [...]
Tags: culture·economics·haiku·happiness·nature·outdoors·photo courtesy of stewf·religion·soul·spirituality
The Archetypal Lover
July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · community, lifestyle, simplicity
Having noticed unusually high readership of my last post How To Save Money On Gas, I’m going to soon write a sequel with more tips on that topic, including from readers, via comments. But man does not live by gas alone. We need our spirits to be fed, too. Enter poetry. This poem of mine, [...]
Tags: archetype·dogs·fun·green living·haiku·happiness·heart·life·love·lover·Noel Zia Lee·relationships·shopping·spirit
