Zen Nietzsche

My essay at Elephant Journal

As Gary Larson said, it’s not the Bluebird of Happiness that’s flapped into my life, but the Chicken of Depression. Grief led me up the steep switchbacks to the top of a Sierra Nevada mountain where the wind blows over a stone land scrimshawed with snow.

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/01/a-graceful-example-of-getting-through-lifes-sorrows/

Metaphors For Grief

Is grief animal, vegetable or mineral?

Elephant Journal recently published my short essay on the many images we can use to describe grief.

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/05/44-metaphors-for-grief/

Grief is Not the Wolf

How do we talk about grief? What language do we use? My essay at Elephant Journal.

Grief is Not the Wolf: The Language of Loss

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2016/05/grief-is-not-the-wolf-the-language-of-loss/