Artemisia

This is a speech I wrote and delivered to my wife, Leonisa at our wedding in 1991 at a Greek restaurant.

Life is the unfolding of better questions. The bird nearest the earth has the prettiest song.

A tale of birth and of control.

The Human Spirit: An Owner's Manual.

How I came to play guitar and make a music cd of my songs. With a link to an MP3 of samples.

A Three-act Dance Drama that I created and also adapted for podcast.

Of fathers, sons, houses, hearts, full bottles and empty holes.

Rabbit hunting in Louisiana and with my Texas Cherokee granny on the Gulf of Mexico.

You can take the Swede out of Scandinavia but it's hard to get the Cherokee out of the Swede.

The Hand at work, reconciling my unnecessary guilt using mountains, mailmen and Marines.

Looking back at my schooling from Louisiana to Squamish.

How I received my first eagle feather.

I used to hate painting until some St'at'imx anger management helped me get a burr out from under my saddle.

How I was able to honour my father long after his death for deeds he accomplished long before I was born.

How I narrowly avoided being "set for life."

A true story of best friends in Houston, Texas. Sometimes drugs are not the answer and sometimes they are.

In which my youngest son learns about ability and teaches me about motivation.

A 1970’s Guatemalan jungle honeymoon. Bad water, Mayan ruins, good friends, lost seats, and skinny-dipping with predatory fish.