“Oh, and by the way, you are not going to like what comes after America . . . ” Leonard Cohen . “I intentionally downplayed the severity of the pandemic”—–Donald Trump (early 2020 book interview) . “I call the media ‘fake news’ to damage their reputations, while elevating my own Read more
This is what I do while on my “creative cloud”. I am a writer, after all. Someday, I may even find interested readers (my take on insight, self awareness, “mindfulness and meditation”, and spiritual evolution are not riveting subjects for the vast majority of Americans)! I have included several links Read more
This is the second part of my continuing series on silence: We arrived at the Oregon coast, at Cannon Beach, on a partly sunny Monday afternoon. We were quickly greeted by our very long-term dear friend from Arizona, June and her ten-year love interest, Michael (are you ever getting married?). Read more
Marty (left) and Me, on a Columbia River Gorge hike in 1998 A New Easter Sunrise Over the years, I have become deeply disturbed by the developments within our shared world, within my individual consciousness, and the points of connection between self and other, through language, religion, and philosophy, that Read more
“Will you shut up man?!”—Joseph Biden Humpty Trumpty sat on hate’s wall, Humpty, Trumpty just had a great fall! All of Putin’s tech henchmen, and the Republican “YES” men, Will not be able to put Trumpty back together again! There was no James Comey sabotaging the candidate this time. Rudy Read more
This is what I do while on my “creative cloud”. I am a writer, after all. Someday, I may even find interested readers (my take on insight, self awareness, “mindfulness and meditation”, and spiritual evolution are not riveting subjects for the vast majority of Americans)! I have included several links Read more
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 problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. — Fred Rogers True Read more
Writing keeps me connected with the implicate order that underlies all of reality, harmony, healing, wisdom, beauty, and love. Here is my poem, a pointer from the Truth within me, towards that understanding. AWAKENING FROM OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE As seekers for Peace, on its highest sacred mount’ we must continue Read more
You know who he is, and his family’s corrupted and doomed name Though wealth makes him appear different from other liars, inside he’s the same He is always on ego-trip vacations, while playing deadly mind games He occasionally achieves success, yet at such a costly price is this fame. Just Read more
When I was in 6th grade, I was elected class president. The will of my classmates, acting through their own whimsical thinking, made me so. I was not a true leader, but I had an abrasive sense of humor, and a big, ill-informed mouth, which somehow made me attractive as Read more
Hmm, well, here is another blog, which is the combination of two previously published blogs. I have given up on the idea of publishing any books, as I have no interest in promoting my writings to an unwary public. These words might have some significance to somebody, somewhere, other than Read more
Isn’t the aging process just grand? Roll another year, just like the other year, but try to appreciate each new one a little more than the last one. Living a life with less friction keeps the wasted energy at a minimum, and keeps the heart and mind loose, and open. Read more
I am not a part of the ‘Conspiracy Of Silence’, though I will not be “naming names” in this post. I am going to take a brief break from political malfeasance, into the darker recesses of family, and society. These are incredibly, dark, and, sometimes, unenlightened times. The oppression and Read more
“I intentionally downplayed the severity of the pandemic”- Donald Trump. Inject chlorine? Take hydroxychloroquine again? Drop atom bombs on it? I can hardly wait to hear Trump’s personal assessment of what is “best” for him, and for the rest of our country. President Donald Trump, who recently tested positive for Read more
Our Aunt Susie, my father’s younger sister (now age 91) went to the zoo with us today. She had a great time! Sharon bought a wheelchair for her two weeks ago that made this journey a breeze.We are about the only family that she has now, with a daughter, Cindy Read more
34th Amerndment? The rights of our Mother Earth need to be enshrined within our Constitution. Our constitution needs a new amendment, one that protects our environment, including our climate, the air that we breathe, the water that we drink and utilize for our farms and homes, our natural surroundings with Read more
I have had problems with my vision for several years. Life has become like a walk through a series of continuous “fun house mirrors”. There were no “straight lines” in my ocular universe, because of epiretinal membrane bunching. I had vitrectomy surgery on Wednesday, Septempter 23, where two layers of Read more
As our nation continues to seek for Donald Trump’s true heart and soul, We find not sacred nuggets of gold, only profane lumps of coal. My father, Beryl Paullin, might have been proud of me, had he lived long enough to see this post. My father told me after my Read more
We love our country, but our country does not love us back—Doc Rivers There are two pandemics raging right now: COVID-19, and the collective hatred and idiocy spawned by and spewed by Donald Trump and his supporting cast of racist, pseudo-religious marionette zealots.. These pandemics are creating more opportunities for Read more
“It is No Measure of Health to Be Well Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society”—Jiddu Krishnamurti Be mindful oh Mankind, of all the painful secrets that we must keep,By sharing with others we may awaken, or by our suffering silence just die asleep—–Bruce Paullin Our nation’s mental health status has Read more