Birthday message from a new Social Security recipient As life inevitably changes, we must address those changes, let go of what is no longer important, and grieve the losses of those people and situations who no longer remember us, or Read more…
My 66th year has miraculously awaited and finally greeted me. Odds makers probably would have placed 20 to 1 odds against me still being here. We celebrated at KPC, an exclusive oceanside restaurant. The food divine, the company familiar and Read more…
No Eckart Tolle with us this week at the Maui Marriott Resort, as he cancelled. No worries, we are complete in ourselves. No Makena Beach surf heroics today, where I might need to save myself from a deadly sea again. Read more…
No Makena Beach heroics today. Sacred silence, sunsets, the moon at twilight, and ocean waves, are imbued with nature’s call for love. Why can this moment be run over by so many divisive voices? Silence, real silence, is feared, and Read more…
He that lives by the philosophy of the necessity of the gun, dies by that philosophy. The pursuit of weapons is a mental health crises, especially when paranoia driven people think that they need guns to protect themselves from fantasies Read more…
Beware, oh Mankind, of the painful secrets that we must keep, for by our suffering silence we never awaken, while dying in a painful, lonely sleep. After my experience with the stored, and then released energy behind “There Is Something Read more…
There are several links on this page to previous blog posts, which can be bypassed, or explored, if the reader has extra time or interest. The links point to other interconnected and powerful stories, yet the linked stories are unnecessary Read more…
morning This is the tenth day of our vacation, and we are nearing the end of our Road Scholar tour. Mitch, my Sharon, and myself go on to Rome without our comrades Sunday. We bused up to Rovello, visited the Read more…
I have contacted Mike Fuller, the “underdog lawyer”, who has taken over cases of users of the tainted Select CBD product line. There now is a lawsuit against Cura Leaf, the parent company. . I had several near psychotic reactions Read more…
Minori to Paestum, via Amalfi Coast Highway. . The description of the whole day eludes me, even though I am a writer. My phone went dead, so I had to use my tablet as a backup camera today. Cannot hold Read more…
best scenery EVER. Mitch back in the tour groove today. We missed him! Fantastic boat tour of Amalfi Coast. We saw where Sophia Loren, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and other rich and famous people stayed, and lived. The roads are amazing Read more…
Morning edition: 2.5 hr morning Italy education. We learned about the recent history of Italy, from 200 years ago to the present. The evolution of the area as a country, as a divided country ruled by a monarch and the Read more…
Capri!! We rode with one of our guides Vincenzo today to the top of Capri, called AnaCapri. He is such a blast! The winding drive to the top on a road chiseled out of the side of one peak was Read more…
Herculaneum is the name for the ancient town at the base of Mt. Vesuvius, which is only 1.5 miles away. On the photograph draw an imaginary line from the left slope and the right slope to center, and it is Read more…
(early riser edition – later edition covers trip to Mt Vesuvius) Mitch had a four hour afternoon/early evening nap yesterday, and was able to paint the town red until 3:30am. this morning. NOT US! Sharon and I are still recovering Read more…
The stressful lead up to this trip was amazing. We needed to have a 48 hour precedent COVID negative test, plus a European Union passenger locator form, in addition to our vaccine records, to be able to even fly on Read more…
There are times shells, or walls, are necessary.. Neither hiding nor revealing ourselves will prevent our share of pain, but in being who we are, we get to be part of the Universal stream, not just a nut in a Read more…
In the complete seeing of a problem, insights are derived pointing to solutions for its resolution and to ultimate liberation from their damaging imprisoning effects—-Elisha Scott. A person who reports that they have had the experience of insecurity, isolation, grief, Read more…
The Black And The White Dog
What is your choice? . I have been criticized, especially by my own self-talk, yet I still find a way to thrive, in spite of the ill informed opinions and ignorance of others, and my conditioned reluctance to speak my Read more…