THE UBER DRIVER’S HAND was warm and calloused, but its electric charge was unexpected. It shouldn’t have been, though, since for the past forty-five minutes we had free-associated on topics that don’t lend themselves to easy or uncomplicated conversation: God,…
Category: Life
Each moment is different. Here are some of mine.
Wonder Standing
THREE YOUNG MEN relaxed inside an enormous paper-recycling bin circa 1980, musing over their preferred futures. Youthful dreams don’t always come true. But … “I want a huge apothecary and knowledge of all kinds of medicinal roots, herbs, and such…
Women run the world; we men don’t know what the hell we’re doing. And wisdom comes from accepting this.”
– Me
Cool Exchange
DESPITE ITS MANY FLAWS, I still use Facebook every day to keep in touch with good friends without which and from whom I would otherwise fall out of contact. As I seek to entertain and uplift, most of my usual…
We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.”
— Teilhard de Chardin
Rhythm Section
THE OLDEST SOUND on this planet is ocean waves breaking. Think about THAT for a while.
Elder Weisenheimers
THERE IS MUCH VALUE IN friendships – even more so in those that are decades long. In 1986, I began working at the Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire’s fencing booth. Dubbed the privateer ship “Cardiff Rose” (after the 1976 Roger…
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
— Bumpersticker seen this afternoon (2505.21)
The Bag
ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES from The Lord of the Rings concerns Frodo Baggins’ loyal manservant and steadfast friend Sam Gamgee. It’s a narrative quote, not dialog, and it describes Sam’s knapsack as stuffed full of (quoting from memory): “……
We’re All Americans, Dammit
I’VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT it’s more important now than ever: “I pledge allegiance to the Constitution Of the United States of America And to the ideal on which it stands: One nation of individuals Indivisibly intertwined With liberty, justice,…
False Economy
SO THERE I WAS, PEEPING through the window of the Eureka, California post office, waiting for my elusive boss to enter her across-the-street cafe. The year was 1988 – a time of great personal upheaval, both good and bad. Through…
Pithyism #0001
IF YOU WANT YOUR NEW and unprecedented Big Event to be a sure-fire failure, bill it as the “First Annual.”