Erie Chapman
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Days 65-67 – Face to Face Meetings?
It’s hard to write a poem, a play, a situation comedy, or a contemporary movie screenplay today without including a cell phone. Continue reading
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Day 63 – Poetry & Presence
To appreciate this poem, we are asked to let go of grammar, punctuation and spelling rules so that we can experience the rhythm and flow of Love’s beauty in all her glory. Continue reading
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Day 62 – You on Wire
if you are a caregiver who appreciates art, finds solace and stimulation there, and perhaps creates some of your own, you will know and love the enormous gift of a small Frenchman who, for a period of 45 minutes in… Continue reading
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Days 60-61 – Happy Distractions – A Photo Quiz & a Poem
As Mother Time finger- snaps me toward her margins I find myself shouting louder & echoing quieter. Continue reading
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Day 56 – In Private Places
In your private places and in your most personal moments, I hope for you to be the kind of instrument through which Love’s great spirit flows. Continue reading
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Day 55 – Why Questions Matter
Our questions, and how we respond to the questions of others, signal the level of our humanity at that moment. Continue reading
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Day 54 – A New “Caring Code” Ritual – Something to Build On
Why is this idea so important? Because this new, caring code ritual honors not only the humanity of the person who has died, but the humanity of the team that sought to save that life. Absent such loving rituals, the… Continue reading
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Days 51-53 – The Comet’s Pulsing Rose
How can we free the diamond within us to spin and sparkle and rise like a wave to meet the passing comet and ride it to the oblivion to which we are already doomed? Continue reading
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Day 49 – Inclinations Toward Love – A Darwinian Paradox
I see Love wherever beauty and truth thrive – whether in a caregiver, a flower, a sparrow, a monkey or a stanza of poetry. Our goal is not to question Love’s existence or to doubt through what form it may… Continue reading