Sunday, June 22, 2025

Be Aware of the Present Moment

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  Everything is changing. When we suffer, we hold on to a still photo of that moment and we forget that we are in motion. Nothing is permane...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Easter Mass When I Was Six

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       My parents took my two-year-old brother and me downtown Albuquerque, to the Sears department store to buy new Easter clothes. My moth...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Alone In the Mall

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  by Mushroom Montoya   The light in my eyes drips out As I put one foot in front of the other. My ears cringe from the sound of T...

Holidays Can Be Painful

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The holidays can be painfully difficult for grieving parents. They can be hard for anyone who is grieving. Be jolly and gregarious, but p...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Nude Sheep

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Poem by Mushroom Montoya Photo by Kate Joyce I would love to be there Moments before The sheep arrive, Feeling happy to be alive, Standing i...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Coyote at Starbucks

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 I have a story to tell you about a magical Coyote who teaches me marvelous and wise lessons.  Click on Go to this Sway to listen to my stor...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Salvation: Death Is Just Another Word for It.

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Salvation: Death Is Just Another Word For It By Mushroom Montoya Doom cast its heavy net, Shrouding winter in mournfulnes...
Monday, August 07, 2023

Red Wagon Boat

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By Mushroom Montoya   When I was five years old, I was small enough to lie against the back window of our black 1949 Chevy as my Papa drov...