She went on to tell me about a previous job and eventually I shared one of my own. I sipped on my beer and kept at it all night – a bottle to help me cope with my unbalanced life. I contributed little to the conversation and was relieved when our shuttle bus finally picked … Continue reading
The changes Bob Dylan went through always amazed me. Sometimes it seemed as if he’d changed personalities whenever he changed his outfit. He refused to be labeled a folk singer, did his own thing, and became one of the greatest song writers we’ve ever known, in my opinion. It begs the question, why would we ever … Continue reading
Mother reading to her child from a children’s ecology book. Thus, a text even a child can understand. Mother – We live on a planet that rotates around the sun, creating a balanced system. The day is balanced by night, cold is balanced by hot, rainy and snowy days are balanced by sunny and dry … Continue reading
What the fuck is wrong with this country? If our society consisted of a small group of people just starting out in this new world, we’d individually pay the local doctor on an as-needed basis for our care. As costs skyrocketed because of new technology, taking on more difficult to cure diseases instead of letting … Continue reading
I’ve thought for sometime that it must be difficult to be young and growing up these days in such uncertain times about the fate of the planet. Finally, the following video offers great hope in the possibility of reversing climate change, more proof that a holistic approach is needed in everything we do. Continue reading
Sometimes my brother built log cabins for others in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and when I was nineteen I gave him a hand. It seemed like the manly thing to do, an opportunity to learn how to survive in the great outdoors and forgo the establishment and live off the grid. It was one … Continue reading
I called Danny, the director of my division, to complain about excessive travel. Danny looked and acted like a beach bum, with blonde shaggy hair and a broad smile, but he was always at his desk whenever I called, working till the late hours. I’d gotten drunk with him more than once at company events, … Continue reading
