One evening, a Cherokee elder was teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight, and it is between two wolves. This battle that goes on between Read more
“If you repeat a lie often enough, it gets accepted as truth”— Joseph Goebbels-Hitler’s propaganda minister I would rather be socializing with friends, family, and the big wide wonderful world, than writing about insanity. Being stuck at home, and witnessing Read more
“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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more