Companions in Time Archives

We are not alone

In “The Wizard of Oz”, we may have our favorite character, but if you’re like me you can find a bit of yourself in...

When Phil (in “Groundhog Day”) tells Rita, “Be the hat” he has already shared with her that he is waking up every morning to...

I’m just one cell, reporting in from the field. Things are quiet for the moment, but the rumblings of animosity between various factions seems...

Near the end of the book I’ve been studying, “Caring”, there is a passage that surprised me and caused me to review a deep...

Who doesn’t want to live naturally? Yet, less than natural calls to action tend to drown out a quieter voice urging us to live...

It seems that at every level—both seen and unseen—a few shapes and patterns are repeated. That could be due to (especially in regard to...

Instead of trying to catch each rat separately, he draws them all out of town, in a long line of departing creatures who have...

I’ve often wondered why some men lavish such care on their cars. There it sits in the driveway, every panel, window, bumper and wheel...

The phrase “monkey mind” is a phrase used to describe the fitful leaping from thought to thought experienced when you’re trying to focus on...

If we live our lives taking direction from whatever voices and impulses are dictating how we should think and behave, then aren’t we setting...