What Crosses My Mind

  • A World of Measures

    We are a measured society. Our actions fall under values we would wish to believe manifest in our background, cultural mores, the manner we were raised, the people by which we surround ourselves. In order to feel a certain sense of security, I want to believe in doing the right thing, living a life of…

  • Truth

    I wonder if it is true people have epiphany while sitting by the lake I wonder if it is true a life can only become consumed with happiness. I wonder if it is true civil disobedience may change our lives. I wonder if it is true no matter what we do, there will always be…

  • Predictable Love

    Hurting people line the streets tonight, much like any night across America, many years, so many lives lost, waiting to be heard, always a slamming door, the same is ever preset yet people tonight are saying this time is different, this ‘is the season’ says the reverend, Al Sharpton stirs the world acknowledges his verbosity…

  • What Now?

    What is a racist? Though I do clearly insist In love we resist. ©️ Thom Amundsen 6/2020

  • Misplace Design

    We believe we are, a contemporary to what once seemed a regularity, yet we cannot seem to get past the truth.   Do you, we, can everyone feel it in the moment, when we least desire to be noticed, that fear returns, always knocking on our door.   This thing about love, when least expected,…

  • An Observation In Absence

    The other night I attended ‘Just Mercy’ at our local theater complex. It was a late showing, but still I was struck with wonder about the emptiness of the room. I was actually the only person in the theater, it was a rather surreal experience. Now I’ve been to shows with limited audience in the…

  • On Racial Disparity and an Unwillingness to Look Racism in the Eye.

    Kare 11 News In reviewing this tragic incident at Chaska high school this morning, I couldn’t help but feel some direct takeaways from the thread that follows this article. Clearly there is commentary that speaks to many sides of the issue, but the glaring reality for me is the ease we have with using blame…

  • On The Issue of Talent and Race

    Recently, I shared a news article that highlighted the posting oftwo of our newest appointed City Councilors. The pitch of the article was to suggest we are breaking barriers by electing our first person of color to a political seat in the city’s government. Ironically and thankfully there was little push back to my share…

  • Just Taking a Walk in the Neighbrohood

    I was listening to a some Tom Waits the other day, puts me in a certain frame of mind, if you know, you know what I mean, you know what I want to say, so I just listen to the blues and try to find my way.   I was thinking just the other day,…

  • Father, Son, Child

    I have a father, a son, as did he, a man, like anyone, a heartbeat, a desire, a following he didn’t ever imagine, yet today, we celebrate him, this man, this iconic symbol of peace, whom certainly lived the same life, we have all, being human, it is difficult not to imagine, hardship of any…