Be Living Not Dying

9 Keep stretching a bow You repent of the pull, A whetted saw Goes thin and dull, Surrounded with treasure You lie ill at ease, Proud beyond measure You come to your knees: Do enough, without vying, Be living, not dying. From The Way of Life according to Lao Tzu Translated by Witter Bynner   […]

Don’t Say a Word

Dear Readers, I am standing for the courage and the tenacity of this nineteen-year-old woman. In 1968 there is no term for post-traumatic stress. Her support system helping to ferry her through these rocky straits are the letter from Alice and the two books. I honor the time it has taken for her to reach […]