PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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I've spent much of my life ruled by the long-armed reach of the clock. Now, focusing on the present moment, I'm learning to live outside time.
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:18
At six years old, in my family's barren living room, Santa furnished our hearts with love.
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:48
Living in Scotland, where the mid-winter sun barely crests the horizon, a tiny oak seedling unfurled its leaves on solstice morning.
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:21
If I viewed my life as an experiment, a Petri dish of experience, what would I devote myself to?
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 05:24
Imagine giving thanks for every aspect of Creation - how long would that take?
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 05:52
In a used bookstore, I recognize that I view beloved books as family, as paper-bound kin
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:31
The mind is a vicious master, searching for absolute certainty, which in truth is an illusion.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:15
Like the ancient Celts, Halloween is a time for me to experiment with new forms and ways of being.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 1
A pair of owls hooting in the dawn are harbingers of death and awakening.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:07
A friend writing her autobiography realizes her life is more fiction than fact.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:38
Autumn equinox is a fleeting moment of balance, in a seasonal current that moves at breakneck speed.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:22
How often do I unwittingly add to the debris that already challenges the flow of my life?
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:02
I struggle to teach my boys to be cautious around strangers, and trust the world.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:27
Eastern Tennessee to Tucson, Arizona. Two Wheels to Nowhere is a seven-part series that weaves together the story of one man's motorcycle journey a...
- Added: Oct 03, 2010
- Length: 24:22
- Purchases: 4
From Kanab, Utah to Portland, Oregon. Two Wheels to Nowhere is a seven-part series that weaves together the story of one man's motorcycle journey a...
- Added: Oct 01, 2010
- Length: 33:11
- Purchases: 6
From San Francisco, California to Kanab, Utah by way of the Salton Sea.
Two Wheels to Nowhere is a seven-part series that weaves together the stor...
- Added: Oct 01, 2010
- Length: 30:20
- Purchases: 6
The occasion of my 25th high school reunion inspires reflection on youth, aging, and "going home."
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 24, 2010
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
Laghunasadh, the beginning of the harvest, is a time to assess the "crops" I have planted this year.
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 05:36
Parents do not answer want ads in the classifieds, but their unpaid, unheralded job has some of the greatest rewards.
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 04:34
John, with his Cockney accent and rough humor, is a camouflaged guerilla healer.
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 05:14
Jimmy, a local Scottish man who became a regular visitor in the Findhorn garden, taught me most about communication.
Bought by KISU
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 05:27
- Purchases: 1
Wilderness brings me close to what is focused, awake, and joyful.
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 05:39
Little League baseball offers training in a field of dreams
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 05:27
My father's nearing death reminds me that death is omnipresent, the defining dance of life.
- Added: May 20, 2010
- Length: 05:15
In the wilderness of Haleakala, hot water is a gift fit for the Gods.
- Added: May 20, 2010
- Length: 05:03