by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
a Few Words from the Neighbors“I don’t want my child feeling guiltybecause a colored race theoryfeeds her lies about slavery.”“Every one else comes here and makes it all work out.They want a hand out.”“Slavery was back in the 1800’s,but then they were all freed,so...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Love is...
Not all loveNot all loveis what is expectedin a thought-full worldEach breath is life flowbeyond learningfrom a bookShare presents and feelthe presence of lifein a heart beatf
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fred Nicholson, Love is the Answer, Stories
Loving ChangeImagine this world,a Hummer’s nest size,in it’s current condition,nesting in your open palm.You may close your handand POOF, earth is no moreORchange what you see, with love.After your changes,how is earth different?We have Climate Change,so let us now...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Spirit, Various Topics
the Space Between.“What space?”is the question that comes to mind.Betweenhere and there?There is only here,so what spaceare you alluding to?f
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Love is..., Spirit
Next of kin.My nest of kinis the robin’s,in the trellis.She swoops downwhen I take a peekat the three babies.When we see all lifeas our ‘next of kin’,clarity will prevail.f
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fred Nicholson, Kids and Grown Ups, Stories, War Games
Letting Go!We all have the stories.Here are 3 of minein a few words.*Kids too . . .Pieces strewn aboutwere just guys and dolls(other cultures have them)when our shells landedblowing the tenantsto smithereens,in Vietnam.*decades later I visited himin St. Vincent’s...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | All Mixed Up, Fred Nicholson, Places & Faces, Stories
Day 4 in the Woods“I don’t get it!”“I don’t get it!”(Then try again.)For the first timeI stoppedlookedback and forwardWOW!I have never noticedthe length of this slope,after having been on the trailso many times before.I look up againthinking‘Still half way to...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Black and White, Fredisms, Various Topics
free?In this home of the braveand land of the free,what do you see?You & me,free?f
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Love is..., Spirit
To“How are you?”my response is“I’ve been better and worse”.If the puzzled look persists,I may add,“Isn’t that the nature of life?”f
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Spirit
wishescome and go,and like all life,live in the dream.f
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Love is...
a tonguetipwades thruyour pussylips dripcreamdeepdipsipf
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 8, 2021 | Fredisms, Love is..., Spirit
Now,between birth and death,(ringing bells & wringing hands),are the actions of a life experiencedor not, in eåch expressed breathan instant of presence offersbouquets of presentsshared with allthat is a lifeof love.PresenceoccursNow.f
