Going Alone

Several miles into the desert at night I've found the remnants and memory of a long past desert mining adventure. What ever did this man hav

I saw this young man alone in the desert some miles outside Palm Springs, California. He'd made a life for himself on his own terms -...

“For whilst anger is the foe of reason, it nevertheless does not arise in any place where reason cannot dwell.” -Seneca Today I...

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 weekday evening - during this strange life and temporary life I now live away from my family - I typically have dinner alone at a...

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 12, 2019 Dear Eric, I recently added a new principle to The Good Life which I call the Principle of Public Speaking. The idea is...

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 31, 2019 Dear Eric, It's a neat trick to neither lament nor attempt to remember the lives we did not live. For we all walk...