Two stories are better than just one, right? We all love stories. Stories require imagination, the mind supplies the “sense” of living within the Reality of the story. Story no. 1 is a story of us, we who live in the early years of the 21st century. The words are taken from Paul Virilio’s…
I finished the collection of paragraphs contributed by Philosophy Now magazine readers on the subject of Metaphysics. Metaphysics entails thinking about the nature of the Real. I capitalize Real, because with just a little thought, one recognizes the similarity between “the Real” and the term God. Language is our failing attempt to point at…
I finished putting in the garden. What remains is watering, hoeing weeds as necessary, and waiting for harvest. Like raising a child once the basics are taken care of by labor, sometimes hard labor, it is best to observe with care the development of those for which one is responsible. Too much intervention, ill…
I took a walk in town around midday. Mother nature was in her fecund glory. I saw the Poppy blossoms from a distance. Red is an arresting color. These three or four Poppy blossoms were blazing with radiance on the side of a dreary street. Most of the rental spaces for small businesses are…
Early June and the Saturday morning holds promise of warming sun, growth for the vegetables lately placed in the ground. I sit here in the corner at Starbucks listening to the beat of easy jazz playing too loud over the PA. This rhythm is a human replication of the heart beat of nature that…
Our business insurance audit was scheduled and the day arrived yesterday. I sat with an auditor for an hour. I did little but wait until he asked a question. There were few questions. I have “been through” many of these audits. I exercise every effort to organize the requested material for the auditor. The…
It has already been a rough week, at least psychologically. We live in our minds, and the state of my mind is like the weather. I spoke with a friend who owns a local cell phone store, a new business. He confided in me that he was relieved that his business was meeting his…
The sun rises predictably, warm, glorious. The gift of light is the life source for our entire planet. Light precedes us. What are we going to do with life? Will we honor and cherish the wonder of being here, being a center of consciousness? Or are we choosing to plunder? The decision is presented…
Two days have passed, I continue to be shaken by the dismissal of James Comey, Director of the FBI. FBI directors are appointed for a 10 year term in order to be resistant to political influence. Comey’s agency has been investigating the scope of Russian interference in our November election, and the Trump campaign…
Yesterday Thorsday, when the news feed came across that the House had passed the Obamacare replacement act, I was palpably nauseated. Predictably the Tribune front page of this morning featured a picture of the President flanked by his fawning palace guard, applauding the event in the White House Rose Garden. Emotionally this seems like…
