Be a Man Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXyTp6JEroY An interesting video about Dragan, a young man struggling to find himself in a post-war community. He turned his life around through the "Be a Man Club", part of Care International's Young Men Initiative in the Balkans. This programme is trying to help youth find meaning and purpose, while also promoting gender equality [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57+00:00June 13th, 2016|Bend Mental Wellness|

The Fountain of Youth

Image: Circe Invidiosa The Fountain of Youth is not a myth Not to say that myths are false. Only that a myth is symbolic of something And the Fountain of Youth is not a symbol. Of course you could make it a symbol if you wanted to, As is anything for that matter.   There are [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57+00:00May 15th, 2016|Poetry|

Church, Membership, & Heart of Gold

https://youtu.be/Eh44QPT1mPE The following is a letter I wrote to the church I was a member of when I was trying to take my membership seriously. It was September 14th 2009. I was 23 at the time and had just started my junior year in college. I became a member of this church when I [...]

2016-06-22T22:12:08+00:00April 9th, 2016|Julian Caballero|

Oh to be young again!

Oh to be young again! I remember the days when I would fall asleep in my bed afraid of the dark. I remember sitting in detention because my parents couldn’t get me to school on time. I remember the tragic realization that my older sister would never be able to catch me in a game [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57+00:00February 4th, 2016|Julian Caballero, Poetry|