Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been. – Mark Twain Each of us is the accumulation of our experiences. Like layers in sedimentary rock or tree-rings, life leaves its marks on our bodies, our minds, and our spirits. There are numerous signs of our bodies aging: wrinkles, aches, scars, etc. The battering our …
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2020 Requiem
The year is coming to a close in a few hours for me. This has been the roughest year for billions of people. So many people have lost people they love, as have I. But as the year ends, hope is on the horizon. The coming of a new year brings the promise of change. …
Ghost Nets and Sea Monsters
For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. – Jacques-Yves Cousteau Ghost nets truly are sea monsters. A ghost net is fishing gear that is either lost or intentionally dumped into the ocean. It …
Pantry Raid
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates Eight of the Great Traditional Chinese Medicine Foods As this year draws to a close, it seems I will be spending more time alone than ever before in my life. My wife will be gone for an indeterminate amount of time, but on …
Conjunction with the Unknown
Don’t try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. – Madeleine L’Engle It isn’t obligation that gets our feet moving in the mornings; it is anticipation. The anticipation of something better. And the deep down awareness that the something we achingly deserve in our bones may never arrive, may …
Finding Equilibrium
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. – Pablo Picasso The Winter Solstice has just passed. The night sky is filled with celestial drama, as Jupiter and Saturn align so closely they appear almost as a single star. Fluttering atop the cosmic wheel, the times of long darkness and short daylight …
Wonder Among the Stars
In an infinite Universe, there must be other life. There is no bigger question. It is time to commit to finding the answer. – Stephen Hawking My imagination caught fire this week with the discovery of a tantalizing “signal” coming from a planet around the star Proxima Centauri. This star is closest to Earth at …
Cultural Empathy
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. – John Steinbeck There should be no Us versus Them – We all can work towards a world where it is Just Us – together. When I talk to my children, I am so proud to hear them express their view of the world. …
Trust in Love
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. – Robert A. Heinlein Love defies borders and boundaries. No wall can hold back real love. Love strengthens the spirit and soothes the soul. Look up the definition of love, and you’ll find there are a myriad of definitions …
My Three Hundredth Post
In order to write about life first you must live it.– Ernest Hemingway To celebrate, I am happy to announce the national publication Poetry Quarterly will publish one of my poems in their upcoming edition. The poem is one of my neotranscendentalist poems about nature. This injection of good news was just the soul-vitamin I needed. …
