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Today, I will write what it is on my heart. Where I currently reside there is a biting chill in the air as we experience our first snowfall of the season. This chill is not unfamiliar to me as its presence arrived long before…   Read More →

What shall we call our current state of affairs? We seem to be unwitting props and unpaid extras in a real-time film noir. Let’s call it… “Dances with Fools” in homage to filmographies epic American Western of similar name. The stars of this production…   Read More →

Dad! What’s it been… six years now? I really miss you. The last time we spoke I was living in Idaho. I was there only a year when I got the call I dreaded – it was time for you to leave us. We…   Read More →

There’s a lot of talk about what qualifies as essential these days. The re-framing of language has led to much confusion in the ranks. Let’s keep it simple. You are essential. I am essential. We are intelligent beings capable of incalculable goodness and great…   Read More →

I saw a woman at a cemetery weeping inconsolably as she lay face down on a grass covered grave. Suddenly, another presence materialized, and I saw a round clay vase suspended in the air. This is going to sound disgusting, but inside the vase…   Read More →

The lights are out and nobody is home. After one has said all they can about a critical subject matter and left a trail of vital data crumbs in hopes it might be of help – whether you agreed with the content or not…   Read More →

In a world that is upside down and full of falsehoods – five ordinary people try to live their lives according to their principles and carefully researched choices. Mocked, scorned, and abused by a tidal wave of humanity that refuse to open their eyes…   Read More →

It’s a new day. I say this every morning to myself in order to find the energy to get out of bed. Lately, my dreams are hardly distinguishable from my waking moments. Nothing makes much sense anymore. There’s just a heavy manufactured fog stinging…   Read More →

People are… complex. Each individual decides how much energy they want to give a thing – be it the vast number of worldly affairs that vie for our attention or another human being in our orbit. We all earnestly claim to be doing the…   Read More →

This open letter is a follow up to the post Health Freedom and is the formal letter I sent to Natural Grocers Headquarters in Colorado about a month ago. To date, there has been no response from their corporate office. In this, I can…   Read More →