My childhood best friend, Randy Richard Olsen, would have turned 67 years of age ⁹today, had he survived. Please forgive me Randy, if I have highlighted too much of myself in this tribute to you. This story is a thumbnail Read more
“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” —-Jiddu Krishnamurti American society creates the perfect conditions for our population to experience insanity and to practice addictive behaviors. We have an overabundance of predominantly misguided Read more
In the honest seeing of our problems through insight and awareness, our freedom is ultimately attained– Variation on quotes by many spiritual teachers, prophets, saints and savants. . We all have the capacity to be spiritually erumpent, yet our lives Read more
There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;….and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the imprisoned splendor may escape, then in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without.” —-Robert 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 Read more
The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is one of the most tragic and fascinating myths of the Greek Mythology. Theseus, a genuine Greek hero of the Mythology and Minotaur, one of the most devastating and terrifying monsters are the Read more
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other. —-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Let go of the controls of fear and powerlessness! Find your true being, and stop becoming someone Read more
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