Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and every one of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become 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
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
Many types of “knowledge” actually breed division and separation between human beings. It is easy to tell the difference between the teachers just by feeling within our own inner chambers of consciousness how their message impacts our hearts. Eventually the Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf18wT_Xtk There are two versions to this story. The first one was written in 2016, when I first began writing. The second version (Chapter 11, was written late last year, 2025, and is included below this old version) On the Read more
“I will keep my freedom, my guns, my money, and my religion, and you can keep the change“—-Hank Williams Jr. . This T shirt represents the state of mind where a sense of spiritual failure has taken over, and to Read more
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” —attributed to Albert Einstein As a human race, all that we will ever see, Read more
From the “blog site that would not die”, though hospice visits are now being made daily. Creating and publishing a blog post is often like making a group call to all of my friends and acquaintances, and usually having Read more
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