Author & Professor
As I climbed out of the swimming pool just before going into the sauna I glimpsed Jeremy entering the steam room. So I was surprised a few minutes later when he entered the sauna. This morning he wasn’t pensive. He greeted me almost immediately with, “Well, what have you been learning recently?” Caught off guard, …
I’ve often wondered why I hear poetry in people’s words. Recently I gave up considering why to concentrate upon the happening of listening, to consider what happens as I listen and poetry enters the listening space. My initial rumination is that when I listen to others speak I open myself to resonance of multifaceted vibration. …
If I’m lucky – and I try to be lucky – I’m in the sauna at the JCC twice a week for five delicious minutes after my mile-swim. Most times I’m alone in the sauna. One day this past week Jimmy (I learned his name later) shared the space. Have you been coming here long? …
I was alone in the sauna at the community center mid-morning several weeks ago after swimming. Then a man appearing to be in his thirties entered – Jeremy was his name, I learned later. He sat on the bench to my right in the 6 feet by 9 feet space. After a few minutes of silence …
