I found out this weekend that I will be displaying my artwork Orchard Oculus as […]
Author Archive: Joseph
Japan: Belonging and Not Belonging
I want to relate to you a little story that took place shortly before we […]
Juan Ramon Jiménez, “Voice of white fire”
Today I dip again into the deep well of News of the Universe, a poetry anthology by […]
Tree Calendar: Douglas Fir
In my personal Tree Calendar, the summer solstice tree is the Douglas fir.In my very […]
Robinson Jeffers, “Love the Wild Swan”
This poem by Robinson Jeffers has showed up on my doorstep as I scratch my […]
Catching up with the moon
When I was in Japan the past few weeks I found I had to let […]
The Boundaries of the Earth
As the next Soul Cartography class approaches (it starts three weeks from this coming Tuesday, […]
Brief Hiatus
After quite a bit of breathing out since the first of the year, I am taking […]
Japan: Koya-san
Mt. Koya (“Koya-san”) in Wakayama prefecture is about a 3-hour trip south of Kyoto. It is a famous and […]
Tree Calendar: Alder
Down at the foot of the sloping neighborhood where I live, in Carkeek Park, alders gather […]