WALK ON WATER WAS IMPRESSIVE. THIS IS BETTER
Not in the biblical sense, but performing impossible miracles. Mayumi is my Japanese niece. We’ve known each other for decades, and from day one she’s been bright, sharp, and funny. […]
HOW TO ACQUIRE THE SUNNY UPLANDS OF GREENLAND- FOR FREE
AFTER GREENLAND, NORTH POLE, NORTH KOREA, THE WORLD Sunny people smile. They chat easily. They linger.Statistics show we Americans are headed the other way—toward grim, clenched-jaw seriousness. At this rate, […]
Democracy Endures Despite Our Efforts
Beyond a shadow of doubt, we are a noisy, polarized, chronically dissatisfied people—especially when it comes to our leaders. Complaints are our national pastime, right up there with baseball and […]
First Inappropriate Sex
86 years on, this is how I see a baffling topic Sex is the one subject we never outgrow, outthink, or get right. We spend our teenage years confused by […]
SPOOKY VOICES YOU SHOULD HEAR
Henry Thoreau, John Muir, and Rachel Carson all heard voices.Not the alarming kind.The useful kind. The voices came from trees, breezes, tide pools, and long silences.You should probably lend an ear. Scientists now tell us that trees “talk” to one another through their roots, sending underground messages about drought, disease, […]
AQUARIUS AGE vs TODAY
“We don’t need more ladder climbers, fame seekers, and adulation hunters.We need more caregivers and reconstructors of broken souls—people who tell uplifting stories to the lonely, the depressed, and the beaten down.”—The Dalai Lama (This is the nicest way a holy man can say: “Stop being jerks and help somebody.”) […]