Middle Age is for the Birds
One of the more interesting phenomena of middle age is the recognition of just how very stupid you have been up to this halfway point. Let’s be honest: in your teens you’re simply an ass; in your […]
The life of a writer is not as glamorous as you might think...
This is the true joy in life. The being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one…the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
~George Bernard Shaw
“To find the shape of one’s own life, to become oneself, to…be in the right struggle and love in a way that makes things genuinely fit together…that makes all the difference, even in a dark time when nothing seems to make any difference at all.”
~Michael Meade
I was very excited, at the beginning of […]
Thanksgiving is a noun that grew from a verb; the inversion of “giving thanks.”
We are, the lot of us, on a team called the Human Race
Then I thought, “I need a new story.”
Unlike Americans, the French are not sensually challenged...
Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.
Thought about titling it “In praise of indolence,” because I always want to write something witty...
Seems to me that the concept of “pursuing” happiness is wrong-headed...
Facing life’s dragons is nothing less than a life or death decision.
I am concerned that as a society we are as much consumed as consumers...
...odds are that you live Nowhere too, otherwise known as Jacksonville...
Our sensitivity and receptivity to this pregnant pause of the solstice can easily be lost in the noise of the consumer crush...
I’ve been in a mood lately, and it's not a pretty one:
The GPS told us we were right on track, the Caves just a few miles away...
We hold on to worn out dreams and old resentments as hard and fast as old LPs and half-used cans of paint...
Two years ago I attended a lecture given by a noted biologist, who spoke about the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly...
On May the second I drove through our little town early in the morning taking my son to school and was greeted by a display of American flags along California Street...
I know people say you should never discuss sex, politics or religion in polite company, but I’ve never been one to adhere to what “people” say. I like talking about all three, and I think it’s time these topics come out of the closet and join the conversation. So here goes.
The web of life...
A couple of years ago, I came across an idea that completely changed the way I view human evolution. What it said was basically this: that all spiritual growth and unfoldment comes from letting go. This simple little sentence was, for me, revelatory. It is not by adding, but by subtracting that we become who […]
Historically, this season heralds a time of reflection, of releasing the old and welcoming the new.
