My blog site has garnered very little interest in the last four years (123 treasured subscribers). while continuing to be the forum for most writings from me. I now have an editor who is going to take some of the writings, and convert them into at least seven books. This Read more…
This has not yet been edited, but here it is, for only the adventurous, and the truly curious among us. 666,311 word total, well over 700 pages. Photographs did not make it to semi-final version, but I will see what I can do. Contents: Chapter 1: Troubleshooting And Repairing Broken Read more…
He that makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man,—Samuel Johnson Most of my grade school and high school friends have already suffered, and have become emotionally calloused, disabled, or have died, from diseases of the spirit. I visited a cousin who was comatose Read more…
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. —– James Baldwin We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my Read more…
Are dreams potentially portals to other people’s lives? Perhaps even to past lives? The following post will appear in a future book, written by some unknown writer. In April of 1987, after I had been sober for about one month after 16 years of hell, I had a series of Read more…
We ran into Bruce Fleming this morning, who was one of my running/road racing buddies from 20-26 years ago, on the Aldercrest portion of the walk! He recognized me as he raced by (unlike me, he still has good eyesight, and good running legs, too!).. The last time I saw Read more…
“Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” —-Martin Luther King, Jr. Choose wisely, oh mankind, the painful secrets that we must keep, if we choose to silently suffer, we will not awaken, but instead die anxious, lonely and asleep —- Elisha Scott A Read more…
My Uncle Wayne’s memorial service was held today at Columbia Park in North Portland. I thought that I was to deliver a family message. I worked on this message for many, many hours, but it was not to be shared with the fragmented remnants of this family, or with Read more…
Part 1 is Items 1-11 from the Table Of Contents (below). These writings are former blog posts which are introductory/prologue/first chapter type of material for my final book. My editor Melinda will pare about 66 percent of the words from Part 1. If it seems verbose, it is. The sawdust Read more…
It is what it is, but it is not what it seems —Paul Hewson . We all love a great story Those who have developed real insight into the story, and who can both translate the essence of an experience and convey the emotion of all of the participating characters Read more…
There are various questions that are of utmost importance in getting successful answers, as we wander down life’s pathways. Do our needs (physical, emotional, spiritual) change over the course of life, from gestation to death? What do we need as a gestating being within the womb of our mother, besides Read more…
It is no measure of good health to be well adapted to a sick society.”-—Jiddhu Krishnamurti Our civilized world has been built upon the backs of an unconscious, overachieving, traumatized humanity. . Do we remain in the conspiracy of silence and inaction, or do we confront our resistance to the Read more…
Chapters to choose from: Defender Dan, and Growing Up In America (Word) (early placement, after To Be Born . . . and prior to Common Knowledge) Steps On The New Paths Of Recovery And Rebirth (Word) Mankind’s Healing Potential (tie into Uncommon Knowledge) (Word) Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence (Word) Read more…
Defender Dan With our final insight into the true nature of Consciousness and God, and our identity embedded within this creative principle of the Universe, we see that we can become either agents of a loving, regenerative force, or, in our ignorance, become the malevolent architects of Armageddon, and our Read more…
If it’s painful for you to hear my story, it’s OK. That’s part of the process because my story includes pain, so don’t stop listening because you are uncomfortable. If you would just move past your discomfort you might learn something about empathy and compassion and mercy and justice. —-Pastor Read more…
As the slowly shifting sands of time create ever taller hills for lost souls to climb, It is in this selfish, hateful world of little reason and rhyme, that I must seek the way to truth, to find Love sublime. What if a real miracle was trying to happen in Read more…
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society” —Jiddu Krishnamurti Powerlessness and silence go together. We … should use our privileged positions not as a shelter from the world’s reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. Read more…
“We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether Read more…
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.—–Harriet Tubman . The number 42 is a number of significance in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. This is Read more…
In 1972, Scott Ferguson, who was a classmate with me at Rex Putnam High School, drove to Seaside, Oregon with a group of five friends for a wild weekend. He had an old VW Beetle, yet it made it to the beach OK. Tony Mecklem, Scott, Randy Olson, and Read more…