Most ancient cultures speak of the New Word that is coming. For the Hopi it’s the arrival of the 5th World. For the Hindus it’s the end of the Kali Yuga. The Book of Revelations talks about the new heaven and the new earth, and back in the day, Jesus (apparently) said...

What an amazing year!  I can't help but be amused at how the year started, which was the same way most years of my life have started: With me determined to do something—to accomplish something in the world—and be somebody. (I mean really, only people who think they...

Once upon a time there once was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best corn crop. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with all of his neighbors. “How can you...

Covid. The Elections. Polarization. Violence. Militias. Economic instability. Fake News. Climate change. The glorification of ignorance, meanness and willful stupidity. As the ancient Chinese curse puts it: “May you live in interesting times.” What the next year will...

“Mommy, Mommy, watch me!!” It’s a cry most of us have uttered. Certainly a cry most of us have heard. A cry that, if you’re a mom and it’s summertime, can drive you crazy. “Yes, dear, I’m watching,” Mommy says, burrowing deeper into her computer/book/magazine, wishing...

The cat in the picture above is Lily. Twenty years ago, her predecessor, Grace, walked into my life. Actually the fluffy orange tabby with a heart the size of Texas didn’t walk into my life … she arrived as a half-grown wild cat, a bloody broken mess in the road,...

I can’t bear to watch the video of George Floyd’s last nine minutes alive on Earth. But I can handle the Ken and Karen Show as it unfolds across FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube. Watching the video of the “Karen” in Central Park screaming at the bird watcher who...

I’ve come to an outrageous conclusion: God didn’t create this earth—or any of the rest of the apparently physical cosmos we live in. WE did. How else to logically explain this world? It’s like a long shared fever dream in my and everybody else’s head—crazy, brutal,...

Back in the old days, pre-pandemic, I would sunbathe at my favorite nude beach here on Maui. Totally exposed like that, it’s easy to get caught up in judgement. I’d watch some lithe, tanned young thing practice her yoga postures in the surf, admiring the taut lines...

I give up. The world is insane and I’m giving up any last illusions that a “reality” based in polarity and the perception of separation can be reasoned with and ultimately changed for the better. It's been a long time since I've seen it so clearly. Yes, the world is...