For years , born into decades, Paul felt like home to me. There is no other way to describe it: Paul felt like home, was my home, and for decades I relied on him to make my life seem as…

This morning I woke up under the awning of an olive tree south of Heraklion deep in the mountains. I don't have a paint brush so instead I dip a branch of an olive into the thick grounds of coffee…

Robots For the first time in my life today I wished I had a robot. The one I saw was in Poland, it looked like something along the Tin Man/R2D2 model, not too big but definitely human shaped-ish. They use…

I have no idea what I offered Gwen. Maybe I was someone in her life more levelheaded. I was definitely capable to of doing things none of her friends liked to do - for example, riding 50 miles through the…

The moment we walked into apartment #1904 at 88 Howard Street SF, and saw the spectacular view of the Bay, the Ferry Building, and the Embarcadero, we both exclaimed out loud “ Wow”… and I knew I had to live…

My friend Keith smiled at Kenji, "Congratulations, you won out over the horse." Congratulations were in order because a couple days before, Kenji had called to ask if I'd like to go white water rafting with him. I was on…

We debated which flights would make the most sense with work and hit purchase. With one commitment, we were free to dream. "What should we eat for dinner?" It didn't matter what we ate that night because the tickets turned…

Let's see, my therapist told me to start with a word I don't like. I know! Accident. Then associate to that word & figure out why I don't like it. Well, to be called an accident feels like being called…

Make a house of our words Let's live there together If we feel the spark of joy We'll laugh & say oh boy! If we're ever sad or blue, We'll talk & hug each other, too. Sometimes we may feel…

To hone my intention is to sharpen the flint of a blade. The return to the self is like the journey of Odysseus over the shifting seas to land arrive home at the Ithaca of oneself. When he arrives home,…

Journey. It's overused, intended to refer to a life-changing event or process. If it wasn't so overused by people trying to sell their point of view, their book, their podcast, their movie, I wouldn't hate it so much. In my…

I despise that word and the man for whom it is designated! How did a man whose very name means trickery and deceit come to lead our country into disgrace in front of the entire civilized world? It’s almost as…