The Search For Truth Continues: Living The Life, And Dying The Death, Of The Being That I Am, With Dignity

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

Italy Day #10

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

Select CBD And Its Toxicity

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

Italy Day #9

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

Italy Day #8

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

Italy Day #7

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

Italy Day #6 – Capri

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

Italy Day #5

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

Italy Day #4

(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

Italy Day #2

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

Chapter 10 Book #8: There Is Something Fundamental Here

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

Conspiracy Of Silence, Conspiracy Of Inaction

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

Chapter 6: Pain, Revisiting The Labyrinth, Meeting The Minotaur

Be mindful, oh Mankind, of all of the painful secrets that we must keep, For, by our suffering silence, we will not awaken, but just die alone, powerless, and asleep–Elisha Scott HURT, Sung by Johnny Cash, written by Nine Inch Read more

(use in Book 8–needs edit) The Dream Of Isolation and Loneliness

Dream:  I am in the midst of thousands of people.  Everywhere I walk, there are thronging crowds of human beings.  I wander over the entire city of Portland, meeting the multitudes, yet nobody recognizes me.  I feel an oppressive loneliness, Read more

Chapter 10: A Dialogue On Anger, Mastery, and Speaking Our Truth

But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth Read more

Letter To A Dear Friend About The Potential For Spiritual and Physical Healing

    I have been sub-optimal in health the last three weeks.  I had a terrifying and painful experience with a kidney stone that literally wanted to “stone me” to death.  The laser surgery was last Wednesday to remove it, with Read more