Tremendous wealth and tremendous poverty left me with gratitude. A lot of gratitude. We had a driver take us from Delhi(wealthy, modern, air polluted and traffic congested) to the Taj Mahal(crowds, history, craftsmanship, don’t make eye contact with the monkeys, they will steal your hats, glasses and bite you). […]
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As Ray and I walk in the early morning in Bellflower the Sun is just beginning to become visible as our world rotates. We talk and create an atmosphere of aliveness in all it’s twists, turns and glory. We don our sunglasses and comment on the beautiful multi-colors from the […]
It’s 7:00 AM Ray and I are walking like two elder statesmen surveying their kingdom. Except now we are in suburban Bellflower California. He has his stand up walker where he can rest his elbows and maintain his kingly stature allowing no hint of the metastasized cancer that is effecting his […]
We all come into life as bubbling, giggling bundles of joy and possibility. Then life happens. That giggly bundle of joy is still us. Just covered over with regrets, disappointments, revenges, hurts and pains. Giggling bundles of joy. You, me and them.
“I think I’ll stop the war” Ray said, as he contemplated his diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer that had metastasized to his liver and brain. “I’m making friends with the cancer to see what I can learn from this whole experience.” Ray spoke this as we walked through his […]
We create our lives in many different ways. Human Beings have always been very creative. That’s where all this stuff we live with comes from. Some like to argue that we are an evolutionary accident from the Big Bang. And from the Big Bang came parenting, birth trauma, evolution, […]
We need touch and stimulation to stay healthy. “Stay in touch” is a common form of recognizing our connection to another person. Speech and talking, face to face sharing our heart coupled with touch complete the health providing acknowledgement that we are not alone. I really know this. All the […]
“Our God given passionate drives of lust and ambition are foreplay for what must be integrous moves and expressions. These drives are very powerful, the source of all pleasures, easily abused and most enjoyed when delayed.” NOPA, 2023 (No One in Particular)
I had my annual physical from the VA this morning. My blood tests, pressures, sugars, urinalysis are quite normal for a 20 year old man. The doctor was asking me how I do this. At 77 years old. I worked for and enjoy great health given I’ve broken both ankles, […]
There is a part of my brain that likes to worry about things. That part of my brain is grateful that Chicken Little seems to have hacked our news and social media outlets with the possible threats and menaces to our health, environment and governments. There is also a part […]