Continue Reading Valentine’s Day 2025. Some claim that Valentine’s Day had its origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival included fertility rites, wild…
Continue Reading Shelter You know that feeling when you think about something and all of sudden almost everything you read or see somewhat points in…
Continue Reading Another Thought Experiment. When I wrote about my worries regarding the novel Corona virus in early (!) January 2020, I got some push-back. Did I…
Continue Reading A World growing Cold. We had a dusting of snow this week, lasting not even a day. Coincidentally, I was cleaning out some closets and found…
Continue Reading Thoughts on Change. A friend sent me an essay from the New Yorker this week – I somehow managed to avoid subscribing to the magazine…
Continue Reading Evaporation. Walk with me through a landscape touched by frost, a layer of glistening, crystalline beauty sheathing every blade of grass, leaf and…
Continue Reading Who decides what we remember? In the dark times, will there also be singing?Yes, there will be singing.About the dark times.—Bertolt Brecht I would not be surprised if…
Continue Reading 2025: the Year of the Snake. I went down to Lan Su Chinese Garden last week in anticipation of the Chinese New Year this coming Wednesday. The celebratory…
Continue Reading Helpful Advice. Walk with me, but bring the gloves, on a brilliantly sunny and cold day at the wetlands. Puddles covered with ice, ponds…
Continue Reading Craving Good News. Believe it or not, good news still exists! In fact, marvelous news concerning cravings that lead to, or are part of, addiction….
