One Blue Sky
A long time, in 1985, I was excited to sing just before Jesse Jackson's talk at a World Peace event commemorating the atomic bombings of...
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smshige3
- Aug 3, 2022
- 1 min
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Death anniversaries bring up memories of how when we pass from this world we might leave behind a gift. Dad's last words to me were,...
smshige3
- Jul 28, 2022
- 4 min
If you've ever loved a dog
When my dog Duke collapsed suddenly on a walk, I knew it was bad. But I didn’t know how bad. The vet took one look inside his mouth and...
smshige3
- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Birthday Dad
Dad’s birthday. I’m reflecting on fathers. Some stay and some go. Mine stayed and did his best to teach us that the world was mean and it...
smshige3
- Jun 12, 2022
- 1 min
Loving Day
On this day it became possible all over the US for two people like my parents to legally marry. They were already together anyway,...
smshige3
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Personal Growth and Community Change
Walking under the tsuyu 梅雨 skies of Tokyo. Strange and familiar to be back home after so long. So different yet nothing has changed....
smshige3
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
National Pet Day
It’s National Pet Day! We don’t have pets any more, but others’ pets come and stay with us when their humans can’t care for them. Some...
smshige3
- Apr 7, 2022
- 1 min
Knowing that you’re loved
It’s not easy letting ourselves be loved Always judging ourselves We're never good enough to be loved just the way we are Sometimes we...
smshige3
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
Speak from the burnings of your heart
We dwell in the beauty of silence in my classes, trusting in the truth that lies in MA 間, in the spaces between words, musical notes,...
smshige3
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
She's still blooming
The tree doctor gave the death sentence. Your tree is dying. She will not last through the winter. She has bloomed for the last time. Say...
smshige3
- Mar 30, 2022
- 1 min
The Storytelling Teahouse
Today I begin another class, a college course, with a syllabus, credits, and grades. We’ll meet for ten weeks, three hours a week, just...
smshige3
- Mar 12, 2022
- 1 min
"We are alive"
Eleven years later I remember the great disaster in Tohoku, northeast Japan, when a great earthquake erupted in the ocean sending a huge...
smshige3
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
If I go will they miss me
IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME A short film by Walter Thompson-Hernandez Official Selection of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Join us for a...
smshige3
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
Love survives death
We gathered together to re-member and move toward wholeness. One day we met in the church to remember one of us who left this world not...
smshige3
- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
The Courage to Move On
In our community a student took their life. We who remain have needed care from each other. Reeling with the news, feeling confused and...
smshige3
- Mar 1, 2022
- 2 min
尊い人生 A Precious Human Life
毎朝、私たちはどうしたら新しい日を最高に生きられるかというチャレンジに向き合います。私たちは、私たちが誰であるか、そしてなぜ私たちがここにいるのかを振り返りながら一日を始めることができます。マインドフルネス、思いやり、そして責任感を持って全力を尽くすという決意を新たにします...
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