The vastness is bearable only through love

September 23, 2019
Read this one slowly because each nugget is profound: Freedom is a heavy load, a great strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift...

How to find the truth (in any situation)

September 17, 2019
The famous Occam's Razor says that the simplest explanation is usually the best. And maybe back in the 1300s when Occam was alive, that was true. Sometimes, it can be,...

September–change is in the air!

September 9, 2019
The leaves may not be changing yet, but the signs are there....change is in the air! Do you feel it yet? Maybe it’s too early…but fall’s coming to New England and...

The curiously closed mind

September 9, 2019
Very few people have a truly open mind, I've found. They're programmed by rigid beliefs based on schooling, religion or something else.  They have a hard time with...

Why we demonize medicinal cannabis

August 28, 2019
Nothing is ever simple, and that's also true of the strange relationship our country has with cannabis. It shocks me how some ignorant people demonize cannabis with no...

You can…but should you?

August 15, 2019
Just because you can, should you?  It's such a good question, especially today. I was thinking of a few times that question could have been asked. Or maybe SHOULD...

Dare to be yourself

July 12, 2019
A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. - Frank Crane This about sums it up, doesn't it? Friendships ebb and wane, come and go. But the very best...

What do we do with our stuff…& our nostalgia?

June 27, 2019
I've tried to stay as far away as possible from Marie Kondo's book on organizing, even though I badly need help. My brain just does not think in an organized way and...

How our world today is overly intrusive

June 24, 2019
If you've got any boundaries at all, you've had experiences you'd define as intrusive. People having loud cellphone conversations in public and especially in closed...

The sad decline of an icon of our generation

June 21, 2019
It was an evening in 2003 and my BFF, her husband and mine joined me at a local art gallery to see an exhibition by the Boomer-era pop artist, Peter Max, and to meet...

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