I write and publish this stuff because it is part of my own healing. Having learned (wrongly) at a young age that my voice, and myself, have little value, other than my capacity to please the authority of the moment, Read more
Chances are that many who practice racism, such as white supremacist Americans, are suffering from a non-fatal neurophysiologic disease. Anosognosia is one name for the diagnosis. The prognosis is based solely upon healing intention with its required openness to change. Read more
A lot of innocent and unaware people got swept up in the tide of the Trump revolution, as well as many with malevolent intent. Why did Trump come to represent the so-called will of the “oppressed white” American people? The Read more
My cousin Brian passed away at his father’s home Saturday morning after a family oriented Christmas day celebration. . I am saddened by his death, it was an early one, for sure. My Uncle Wayne was told by a psychic Read more
What is Christmas really about, anyway? Is it to celebrate the birth of a prophet or a God (depending on your perspective), remembering the disadvantaged, gift giving, Santa Claus, fruit cake, alcohol, big meals, family and friend connections, or, perhaps, Read more
Donald Trump lives a life outside of the rule of law, many times making up his own rules as he goes along. Donald Trump lives a life outside of the boundaries of sanity and harmonious order, creating the conditions for Read more
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
“Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King, Jr. All human beings should consider joining a recovery program, as we are all challenged and threatened by our human condition. And Read more
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
A part of our family just had a granddaughter come in from out of town for the holiday. Kayla is staying at Toni’s, her mother’s home. Kayla swung by Laretta’s home, who is her grandmother, and our sister, showing off Read more
I was born 65 years ago today, in Good Samaritan Hospital in NW Portland. There was 18 inches of snow on the ground on November 20, 1955. My mother and father lived in NW Portland at the time. Mom had Read more
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