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Life. Not what you think.  No one ever tells you that. It might be helpful to hear that from others, but, on the other hand, probably not? N...

Here is an intriguing question: Does having empathy for the supremely stupid human beings in our midst, make us supremely stupid too? Ha. A ...

Oh yeah. Almost forgot. This time of year it gets really cold around here. There is a coat of frosty, newly-white snow on the ground. The a...

Yesterday was a goof off day. I am pretty good at unplugging and goofing off. You know, maybe even a world-class goof. I approach goofing of...

My last post was a bit weighty (see previous post) . Yesterday, in the one-breath-at-a-time, always analog world, things were less weighty, ...

Yes. This from Brain Pickings and Oliver Sacks  seems essential. Yes. We need our illusions to keep our heads in the game: "To live on...

Usually the idea is to eat light, and keep moving. Eat less, walk more. It's a strategy for a more healthful reality. It sort of agrees...

Ha. I am very suggestible. Easily moved. Give me a morning of blazing sunshine, with crisp autumn temps,  fortified with a pot of superbly-...

A bit disconnected & dislocated. Distant from the hurly-burly, and the thunder of the wider world. Sheltering in an enormous mansion wit...

We get distracted by the bullies, the loud-talkers, the overstuffed egotists, the rich & powerful bozos in business, in politics, those...

Happy Birthday President Joe Biden.  I am one of those voters who are not worried about Joe's age. I celebrate that we have an experien...

It's all about the light. That's where life and beauty manifest. Bathing in the light. A golden morning light comes streaming in th...

Thinking about our neighborhood. We ended up here by accident, with little fore-thought: a friend, a job, the sprawling lakefront enticing u...

Ah... well... can't hold onto anything.  Yesterday afternoon, after a morning filled with a flurry of activity, my partner and I rode ou...

There are many reasons to freak out: the climate catastrophe, politics, social media, the 24/7 noise machine, calculated disinformation, hum...

I am a human being, I have been for a number of decades. So, you know, I think I know what it means to be a human being from the inside out...

The expanding day, the expanding minutes and hours. That is how we experienced it yesterday. It was so uncommonly beautiful around here. No...

Up early. Predawn. It is still black outside, the stars are twinkling, there is a thin line, a hint of pink, orange and gold on the horizon ...

Pleasure. Can you base a life on pleasure? Probably yes. It's a philosophy, a viewpoint, a lifestyle, and a code for living. What kind o...

It happens every year. Still it is easy to forget. The seasons change. The sun tilts. The temps edge down. The leaves turn, and then, they ...