Open Love Letter to My Daughter
June 25, 2010
Read books, especially novels and poetry but remember that poetry is all around us, it is a walk in the woods or on the beach at dawn.
January Turning
January 17, 2010
For me, life is one long process of questioning the dominant paradigm and weighing the answers, a continual awakening to all that life has to offer. I often get pissed off and negative and have to remind myself tomorrow is another day and there is much still that I have to learn. This is my last post here on 30 POV so I hope that you will excuse my indulgence in leaving you with a poem of my own composition, like my life it is still a work in progress. They all are.
The End of Everything
December 30, 2009
This is the end of everything.
The end of the month, the end of the year, the end of our lives, the end of the world as we know it, the end of the universe. It is all coming crashing down in just a few months time, in the blink of an eye our whole lives change and not just small change but wholesale change. A complete overhaul of our lifestyle and goals. No more fun, no more selfish use of time to please my whims.
Universal Virtues
November 30, 2009
Secular Humanists will tell us that values are universal and will deny that eithics, values and the meaning of life come from a deity. Integrity, fairness, trustworthiness and benevolence are human values that are necessary to live with one another in communities and thrive and thus most major world religions espouse very similar social virtues.
Don’t Get Caught: A Mischief Makers Guide
October 30, 2009
Well, here it is October, and as usual I am bringing up the rear with the final and probably worst post of the month. You bastards already used up all the good ideas and I am stuck with my crappy, recycled ideas not the ones I telepathically stole from you minds while you were sleeping [...]
Save Your Green Ethics for Some Other Guy
September 22, 2009
As far as living in an environmentally friendly way, I learned almost all I know from my parents. Growing up in our house frugality was a way of life, not environmentalism–but the effect was essentially the same. There were rules in our house and while they sucked at the time, now that I pay the bills they make a lot of sense.
We Are All Escape Artists
August 30, 2009
Untitled (1999)
At times I need to escape,
drift formlessly through my window
and fly into ethereal space.
Sitting, I see myself
floating on wind currents
riding the updrafts and gusts
of primal life. Unfettered.
Freedom.
High above society’s claims,
I soar.
No confines. No restrictions.
In a state of natural bliss,
I reside.
Graceful. Effortless.
Sublime.
I wrote this poem ten years ago and while it is no Pulitzer candidate, [...]
About this author
*39-year-old David Pasquarelli is a house painter because it pays more than any of his former jobs, which have included such things as fighting professionally, training fighters, coaching wrestlers, teaching ESL students, surfing third-world waves, explaining to little old ladies why their bond accounts were depleting when the stock market was on the rise, and almost being a political reporter. Painting also pays more than his desired careers of history teacher and/or writer. While this conundrum might make him very cynical, he isn’t letting it stop him from backing out of his thirties in style, by exploring gigs such as 30pov.com, buying a new house, and maybe becoming a father.