The Great Turning
We live our lives in stories; with different stories for different areas of our lives (family, friends, work, spiritual aspirations, etc). While we do...
Learning to Fly
I live in a loft above a chicken coup. I would gladly live inside with my sisters, but whenever the farmer catches a glimpse...
Independence, but from What?
I have to remind myself to feel grateful that I live in a country which has enshrined in its founding documents the ideals of...
When Two or More Gather
I’m on the outside looking in when it comes to practicing any religious orthodoxy. I suppose I picked that up from my mother, who...
Upgrading my Attitude
I wasn’t planning on writing a blog today. In fact, I was in the process of resigning myself to a new reality. After years...
Anxiety Takes no Prisoners
I woke up this morning feeling unrested and anxious. That has been happening more often recently. I’m not sure which came first: a feeling...
Conversations with Men who Don’t Die
Dwttiz would be called an anthropologist on Earth and belongs to the same long-lived species as Ahat, who has been the resident Adjudicator on...
Which Came First?
For years now, the old conundrum of “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” has dangled the mystery of the universe before my...
Resonating across the Years
Sometimes a feeling of resonance arises in the stream of time, linking the present moment with some distant or nearby memory. This resonance may...
Kip’s Favorite Joke
I attended two Celebrations of Life this past week. The two people whose lives were celebrated, Pat and Kip, both lived lives which I...