My Life as a Waking Animal

Us perhaps the dreamers not knowing we’re dreaming. Except now awake and aware. Reality the taste of grass in the…

I’m Like Me

I don’t have to laugh while the whole world is laughing. And I can blow on my ice cream because…

Assuming the world Closes yourself to what is Never curious

Water-filled stomach. Scheming against my body. Love, the one manna.

As the waves rise and fall around me, I sit and meditate in my love seat. There, an unassuming realization…

Light from the moon hits the bespeckled trees that slowly wave to me stirred by a soft breeze finding an…

Strangers with a secret handshake, an understanding. You know, the social contract, the words we choose or the things we…

Listening. Following the scary truth. Opening our often tucked senses and trusting the shining stars as they lead us down…

“Beliefs are not tattoos, they are just like clothes – you can put them on and take them off at…

At first I became sad when I reflected on the notion that horses don’t think like us. I believe they…

I like simple beginnings, exciting middles and no ends. I like warm blankets and cool sheets. I like dancing to…

A lot of my life has centered around my struggle with certainty and uncertainty. I’m made up of those questioning…

When I think of Nick Nolte, I think of his raspy voice and scraggly hair. But recently I’ve been thinking…

Although I’m a pretty firm non-believer, my “benignbeast” username comes from a dream that I had with God. It’s probably…

A friend once asked me, “Why do you always have to be so different?” We were at a burger place…

So a while back I wrote about my Philips, a figment of my imagination that would magically come to my…

In a perfect world, I imagine an elfin-like creature would come to my side every time I needed a tool.…

Lately I’ve been updating my wardrobe. And I think I’ve made some good decisions (we won’t count the shorts with…