A Pain in the Neck
What causes an old memory to return, like Little Bo Peep’s sheep or like a painted horse spinning off a carousel we are surprised...
Category: Companions in Time
Travelling Light
It seems that we are often in the grip of opposing tendencies and easily err on one side or the other. For instance: gravity...
A Bird on the Wing
I always took Kafka’s phrase, “A bird went in search of a cage,” as referring to the human tendency to feel anxious with too...
It’s a Dog’s Life
When I was a kid, probably not yet a teenager, I used to walk around our residential neighborhood. I wish I could remember the...
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...
Be the Spider
When Phil (in “Groundhog Day”) tells Rita, “Be the hat” he has already shared with her that he is waking up every morning to...
Cells Unite
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...
Thank You Again
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...
At One with Nature
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...
Here, Above and Below
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...