A man full of grit when the job requires it, but a romantic who strategically leaves flowers for no occasion, or plans a special evening; someone solid, dependable; a man who can “drive” both a mini-van and a roadster convertible; a tough negotiator, but someone who possesses innate, effortless kindness; has good taste in food/wines, […]
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds. — Bob Marley, Redemption Song When I gaze across “the big pond” in my imagination, I see a vast land full of promise and potential. A few hundred years ago it was populated with a courageous, adventurous, free-spirited people, who have now become fairly […]
“The ultimate measure of a man or woman is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King It’s time to stop looking to Washington for answers. We won’t get them from a new policy or a new law or […]
How prepared am I for when the lights go out, when the oil party ends, when global warming results in the oceans rising, or nuclear war breaks out, or the global economy totally collapses, or tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanoes change everything? What will I be left with, when the lights go out? I […]
Thinking of “becoming community creatures” brings back memories of the Y2K “panic”. People started getting together in small groups or large within their communities and discussed disaster preparations. There is one type of person that stood out in my community. At the time, my community was very small, only 1000 people, but it was part […]
“It is our task — our essential, central, crucial task — to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures. It is the only way human evolution will be able to proceed.” — Scott Peck There is no one definition for “community.” There are local, regional, state, national, and world-wide definitions; there is the […]
Imagine for a moment, grandparents raising grandchildren. Grandparents who aren’t concerned about being sexy or hooking up with someone. Grandparents who are whole people, sufficient unto themselves in all ways. Self-sufficient in the ways we commonly understand it, but with a new twist. Yes, these mature adults have been there and done it, have taken care […]
Men go through one change of life, from childhood to adulthood. There is no definitive moment for another change, although theories abound. Childhood is understood to be that period in which the younger members of society are in training to become adults. This is a time of innocence, before the compulsion of hormones envelop the […]
Like Alice falling down that rabbit hole or stepping through the Looking Glass, one moment I’m in this reality and in another moment I’m somewhere altogether different. All it is, is a change of perspective. I don’t usually do well with such a dramatic change, but like the White Rabbit, I’m worried that I’m late. […]
What if the ear was our primary sensory organ? What if it is? What if we, as humans, were not bundles of electrical impulses but, instead, vibrational beings? She stood in the kitchen, hearing the espresso machine’s hiss, the buzz of a frantic fly trying to escape out the closed window, the ticking of the […]
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