Beyond the Perpetrators

The troubled environment that the current American regime has put upon society is more stress, less peace, more worry, less hope, … More people are losing sleep, and this lowers the general health … The perpetrators are secure in the … Continued

Not Choosing Extinction

I completely agree that all our voices ought to be raised in outrage, analysis and solutions for the evils being perpetrated. There are lots of eminent and knowledgeable writers making important statements, and I thank all of them for doing … Continued

Thy Will Be Done

It seems that many of us have given up on “The Lord’s Prayer”. It has become a thoughtless mumble in a ritual that seems too removed from our main life. Many no longer know what The Lord’s Prayer is because their forebearers forgot about it already. In the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples

From Space Dust to Cities

Twenty poems and six essays are paired with thirty-two works of art and photography in this contemplative volume. The poems and essays are drawn from the past decade of my 53 year career as a playwright, visual artist, filmmaker and … Continued

Comforting Hovers

This is an oil painting with soundscape by Mark R. Turner. The painting, 35″x35″, was done in Brussels, Belgium, in 1979 and inspired Mark to write a poem 28 years later, 2007, in the mountain community of Julian, California. As … Continued

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