Going Alone

During a discussion with a coworker, I realized I had said to much. It would have been better if I had left off speaking after my point...

Every time I see a twenty-something at my place of employment I want to ask them sincerely, "why the hell are you here??" The decade of...

Looking back on the route so far, through the tangled weeds and forgotten and neglected spaces; I’ll remember fondly that I’d walked...

I got the news on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 that Mike Hughes had died. "Mad Mike" was killed while piloting his latest home-made rocket...

Mantises are fascinating insects closely related to termites and cockroaches. All mantises are predatory and will eat anything they can ...

I previously imagined that the risk of avoiding risk was shallow on the domestic side, and deep on the personal side; that those who...

We live best When we return from the cold And choose the inward path of warmth A life of now And a life of here And a life with others...

The Great Buddha (Daibutsu or 大仏 in Japanese) of Kamakura City Japan is one of the most popular and interesting places to visit when you...

Exploring the livelihood and consequence of living with an awareness that free will may be a quite compelling illusion.

Sometimes the best benefit of change is what we lose rather than what we gain.

November 23 2019 Dear Eric, The very first principle I identified for The Good Life is something call The Path of Wildness. I happened...

November 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I sometimes - often, in fact - indulge a little too much. The temptation is so innocent a thing...just...

November 6, 2019 Dear Eric, I am very good at being wrong. It's a knack, kinda. And I am often wrong on the same decision more than once....

November 4, 2019 Dear Eric, I have noticed a new trend in my thinking and writing... I've been coming upon the theme of fire often. Not...

October 30, 2019 Dear Eric, Both joy and suffering can yield the same sweet harvest if we know how to winnow the chaff from the grain....

October 29, 2019 Dear Eric, I'd like to tell you the tale of my falling, and my recovery. It's a good tale. And most of us have such a...

October 28, 2019 Dear Eric, When we are young there are many who hear; though as we age there seem fewer to listen. There is something...

September 17, 2019 Dear Eric, I entertained myself while shaving this morning by imagining Henry David Thoreau visiting Siberia ghost...

September 15, 2019 Dear Eric, Were you very afraid before you died? You knew it was coming. I'd tried to talk you out of it weeks before....

September 14, 2019 Dear Eric, There's great satisfaction in success. But only if that success resonates deep and echos back to our ears...