Category Archives: Philosophical Ponderings

Find your balance to “Be the Peace”

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

This quarter’s BeZine focuses mostly on the 100 TPC (One Hundred Thousand Poets for Change) events going on around the world and Social Justice, but one of the sub sections of this quarter’s ‘Zine is called “Be The Peace”.  Now, … Continue reading →

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Your Attention, please…

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

“There is not a single instance in history where hate has brought joy to human beings. Hate destroys those who hold it in their minds and bodies. If humanity released all hate, fear, and resentment, then no dictator could ever … Continue reading →

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What if?

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.” ~ Oscar Wilde Imagination vs. Critical Spirit is the theme for July over at the BeZine.  I’ve been pondering these words and what they mean. When I first read the … Continue reading →

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~ The Zen of Writer’s Block ~

Posted on May 16, 2015 by

The white screen: blank, empty, pregnant with Nothingness, ready to be filled. The monkey-mind of racing thoughts, ideas, each quickly considered, and just as quickly discarded, in the search for “perfection”; The exact antithesis of the stillness, calm and peace, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Frustration, Peace, Perfection, Philosophical Ponderings, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writer's Block, Writing, Zen | 5 Comments

Catching the Light…

Posted on March 15, 2015 by

The theme for March for the Be Zine is “renewal”. I think it’s a wonderful, appropriate subject, since Spring is practically at our doorstep (all the current snow and ice-storms notwithstanding) and our part of the world is waking up … Continue reading →

Posted in Awareness, Flowers, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Life, Light, Philosophical Ponderings, Present, Renewal, Spring, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

The B Zine

Posted on November 3, 2014 by

Hello, all you readers! I wanted to let you know about a really neat collaboration of creative and amazing individuals, called the “B Zine”.  The B Zine is a collective effort by writers from the sites Beguine Again and The … Continue reading →

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~ Soothsayer, You ~

Posted on March 15, 2014 by

((Shakespeare has had quite an influence on my life, from his poetry to his plays, to the point that not a March can come without me thinking of Caesar and the dreaded “Ides of March”. This came to me the … Continue reading →

Posted in Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Life, Past Present and Future, Philosophical Ponderings, Poetry, Supernatural, Uncategorized | 6 Comments