Hallelujah, the Poetics of Music

(For Columbia City Gallery Literary Series, Dec 13, 2015) “We study the self to lose the self. Only when you forget yourself can you become one with all things.” – Dögen Some brief thoughts about my immediate take on the subject for which we are ostensibly...

Poems For Peace, Sept 20, Spring Street Center

The third annual celebration of poetry and peace, Poems for Peace, sponsored by the Subud International Cultural Association, is set for Saturday, September 20, 2014, at 7PM at the Spring Street Center/Seattle Subud House, 1101 15th Av, Seattle, on the corner of 15th...

Goodbye Columbia City

As I prepare to make one last presentation at one last Living Room in Columbia City, I am taking a moment to look back and consider all the great things that happened in our three year run here. My wife Meredith and I planned to relocate to Seattle as soon as my...

Saturday Night Jazz & Poetry

Free! When?    Saturday August 21 6:30-8:30PM Where?    Bradner Gardens, 29th S& S. Grand, Seattle http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/park_detail.asp?id=401 Who?     Jim O’Halloran, flutes, Julio Jarregui, piano, Dean Schmidt, bass, Denny Stern, percussion,...