It recently hit me why I don’t want to tell my high school senior what he should do after high school. My wonderful life has been lots of incidents and accidents that opened my eyes to what I should do next. I stepped through doors that I never knew existed until they appeared. Sometimes […]
The day before, when I was nine and there was everything to do, I saw dark movement in the grass, in a pasture riddled with grasshoppers who rode the blades like surfer dudes do, when catching the waves. Overstuffed, humble, working bees hummed in the breeze, never clinging, but exploring the core of each mystical […]
I bought a kit to repair a cracked windshield. It didn’t affect my view. Still it was there, nagging me. I asked my son to help. I thought it was important to teach him how to fix broken things . I explained that the glass was not one layer, but 3. 2 layers of glass […]
This deserves an OMG because it is so simple yet huge when you are on the path to a higher level of truth and seeing reality. Simply said, when we expect and our expectations aren’t met we suffer. This means we benefit when we stop expecting because we don’t set ourselves up for disappointments, instead […]
I slid down from a divine beam. Manifested at last. There was a slippery commotion in the kitchen while Mom lay on the cold, linoleum, floor and I arrived unexpected. Dad said, “It’s a boy!” but then saw it was only the umbilical cord. He tied it off with shoes strings while Mom looked between […]
While at the movies recently, I sat beside a man who was an acquaintance. Before the movie began we made small talk and he began discussing the “deplorable current state of affairs the world is in right now” and especially “the horrible lack of protection for the environment”. He became angry just talking about the […]
I have a son who sings rap. He has a wide smile and a laugh that makes others laugh. He shines and casts shadows. There is angst in his art as it reveals the real and what he has seen in smoky rooms with desperate eyes. Some of his songs make me want to plug my ears. […]
Forcing people to do anything by imposing guilt and shame may work at that moment, but the likelihood that it continues is not very high. While sitting in a donut shop one day having coffee with some girlfriends a man came in with his young son. The little boy was adorable with dark eyes, […]
