Fantasy Fauxbourdon: The Magic Kingdom
I am back from a three-day junket to Walt Disney World, visiting the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom with my Ukrainian wife and little girl. Perhaps this theme park tryptic could not offer a […]
Falling Towards Youth
A yogi sat amongst his students one day, asking a middle-aged woman in the circle, “Would you be our teacher for today?” “Me?” she asked, with a rising voice of uncertainty. “Sure.” A curious smile […]
By Heart
I learned to play the piano when I was only five. I learned to read music at the same time that I learned to read words on a page. I can’t remember a time when […]
One Hit Wondrous
While glancing over a kiteboarding video the other day, all of a sudden magic struck. The video used a soundtrack that was so captivating that I had to go on the hunt. Why had I […]
Blind Leaders
As if Donald Trump were a black hole, the media sadly cannot escape his gravity; like a magnet to steel, bombastic remarks are usually good for ratings. But his remarks, either in their totality or […]
Loss and Remembrance
2015 feels like it has been a year of losses for me. There have been huge losses: the loss of my dad, whom I loved very much, and of course to a lesser degree, the […]
EVolution
I am the proud new owner of an electric car, purchasing a VW e-Golf at a time when the company deserves to feel collective shame. Yet, no company is a monolith, and I would like […]
Remembering
Marcia lost her first parent, which can be such a unique hardship since it often breeds such a raw, lost, emptiness. It is permanent severance from her father whom she loved very much, a great […]
For My Dad
For My Dad I just wrote my father’s obituary; the first obituary I have ever written. Obituaries aren’t all that difficult to write, at first glance. Anyone who has read even a few knows […]
The Simple Life
In June, I returned from two weeks spent at the Quail Springs Permaculture Farm near Maricopa, California. I went there to take a permaculture course and earn my permaculture design certificate over a two-week span. […]
Gnostic Green 