America seems to be increasingly more fraught with gun violence - mass shootings again and again, seems one after another. We have more mass shootings in the United States than any other country. As these past three days. This from Ryan Deitsch (activist and survivor of the Parkland mass shooting: “We are in a perpetual …
Category: attitude
Old Superstition
Back in the day, decades ago, I used to wear red on Sunday during the professional football season, because the 49ers wore red as part of their team color scheme. After all these years that hasn’t changed. The team has maintained their same look; even as some other teams have changed colors over the years, …
Serving The Poorest of The Poor
Mother Teresa committed her life to service of others. Most of her life she worked in Kolkata, India, caring for the poorest of the poor. I have an old friend who has also committed his life to service. Also a successful business person, he none the less has spent countless hours serving those in need. …
Serving The Poorest of The Poor
Mother Teresa committed her life to service of others. Most of her life she worked in Kolkata, India, caring for the poorest of the poor. I have an old friend who has also committed his life to service. Also a successful business person, he none the less has spent countless hours serving those in need. …
Rudderless Facade
My life, pretty well defined after several decades in, Work, family, friends, all blessed and typical, fortunate, mostly, Love in many ways, love overflowing much of the time, somehow still feels undefined, rudderless, drifting, Drifting through a few more decades and then my time is up, how will I define this time left, how will …
FLAT
I feel it over and over, some days. Whatever thoughts I channel, whatever steps I take, I feel... FLAT. It's like an engine that won't get warm; it's like muscles that won't loosen up. It's pretty frustrating, on the face of it. It stays...FLAT. The question becomes more insistent, how to mix it up, how …
Flow
Atmospheric river after atmospheric river… More water than we’ve seen here in California in a long time… The weather has brought up a lot of questions about our infrastructure, or preparedness there in to handle so much water, to handle storm after storm, it’s definitely a challenge…but in the end, Thankful. GOOD.
Real-Time Narrative
The best time to capture experiences for writing is in the moment...or as close to real-time as you can get. Primary goal? Capture the essential bits, a feel for the emotion at play, the visceral side of the events at hand... What were the emotions of the moment? How did your body feel? Anything in …
Dark. Thoughts. Awaken.
The title, play on words, they’re not all dark, These thoughts that awaken me more and more frequently, In the dark, very early morning, middle of the night, Mostly mundane, but sometimes minute all the same, all the detail rushing into my brain, Lists and tasks and forgottens, rushing into my head, stealing my precious …
Martin Luther King: “I have a Dream”
These words stand on their own. You’d be better for it, should you take the time to read them… Let it be so. .drMartin Luther King, Jr.mk I Have a Dream delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)] I am happy to …
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