Family in America

The following is another quote from The Closing of the American Mind. There will probably be more quotes in the future because it is such a good read. This one is about the disappearance of Family in America. My friend Nate at The Treekiller Press asked me to write a review of the book. So [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:56-08:00August 12th, 2016|Julian Caballero, Quotes|

Be a Man Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXyTp6JEroY An interesting video about Dragan, a young man struggling to find himself in a post-war community. He turned his life around through the "Be a Man Club", part of Care International's Young Men Initiative in the Balkans. This programme is trying to help youth find meaning and purpose, while also promoting gender equality [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57-08:00June 13th, 2016|Bend Mental Wellness|

I am knowable

I wish I could explain to you how the beauty of this world is a sign of something greater deeper and holy. I wish I could tell you the world of my heart and how the blood is more then just flowing pumping and bubbling through this body. I wish I could let you in [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57-08:00March 15th, 2016|LIOS, Poetry|

I pronounce the h in white

I spoke with my father on the phone the other day. He was in Colombia at the time. I don’t call my father unless it’s important, but what I consider to be important is not what he considers to be important. And vice versa. My father told me on the phone that a linguist knew [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57-08:00March 1st, 2016|Poetry|

Childhood Photograph

Source: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, View from the Window at Le Gras I took out some pictures from my parents photo album I didn’t do it in secret but I didn’t ask for permission. I wonder if my mother has asked about them or if my dad has looked. I wonder if they ever talk [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:58-08:00December 22nd, 2015|Poetry|