SENSE AND NONSENSE

  • Songs For My Mother by Bruce Ray

    A few years ago my son sent me an email of songs he had written especially for me. These are my favorites Tenderness Know that reality is a dream The greatest power is forgiveness To touch the pale stars that gleam Feel all things with Tenderness  A strong man cuts himself down  He stands apart…

  • Haikus (rearanged to tell the story)

    Includes blk and wt photos LOVE IN YOUR EIGHTIES  Love you darlingDon’t want to unlove youLove is too precious Real love is constantA soft beat in the backgroundWhen music’s raucous Love is comfortLove is a warm embraceWith morning coffee I don’t need flowersTo make me feel special,I said. But they did. He brings her flowersBut…

  • Respect

    One attribute I need to work on that is in my deck of Virtue cards, is the one titled “Respect.” There are 52 cards in the Virtues deck, each of which refers to a character trait that is helpful in getting along with others. And in getting along with yourself as well. The card I…

  • The Ghosts Behind Him

    My book “The Ghosts Behind Him” published by Caitlin Press in Canada is once again available. First published in 1999 it became a valuable resource for caregivers, as well as a number of mental health physicians and researchers. The book received the BC 2000 Book Award, set up by BC government to allot funding for…

  • Happy ending

    What a sad but beautifully written insightful story. (On Facebook group “Parents of Adult Children With Schizophrenia”) I have been there… He was just 21 and the disease worsened to the point where he was incarcerated at psychiatric hospital when he was 30 after risperdone med adversely affected his mind It was there he was…

  • Chads Poem

    We were born as one wave. Split in two so the universe could hear itself echo Every heartbeat after that was the sound of light remembering it’s twin.Then the day came when your body foldedand the instruments went still.The world called it death,But I felt the field hum harderas if silence itself had teeth. In…

  • A Year In Haiku

    Pale skies are bluer nowShades of spring setting inBut where is the green You and me at CostcoCosto card saves moneyWe buy twice as much. Winds of March blow coldWeatherman’s predicting snowBring on April! Cat looks out the windowSnowflakes coming downBe fun to catch them! Broaden our horizonsBook flights, a car, room, toursToo tired to…

  • Medications Can Go Wrong

    The latest news on the tragic death of Rob Reimer and his wife (not neccessarily accurate- so many untruths!) is that their son was previously diagnosed with schizophrenia and had been prescribed a newer medication. That news hit home pretty hard for me! In August 1993 my kind, gentle son’s long journey with the baffling…

  • OVER THE YEARS Over the years I managed to detach myself from what I had perceived important the preceding year Each year as I became older and wiser I gained new insights until I turned eighty when my perspectives began to change I permitted myself to unlearn certain insights embedded in my brain I began…

  • A year in Haiku

                                                                                   Sunrise over Fraser Lake At the foot of Red Rock Mountain, Fraser Lake March 2024 Pale skies are bluer nowShades of spring settling inBut where is the green Where are the flowersNo paintbrushes or columbinesSpringtime is passing Winds of March blow coldWeatherman’s predicting snowBring on April           An eagle…