When you are overwhelmed by an experience in nature � a walk on the beach or an island waterfall or even a flower in a city garden � it is not because you have for some reason become a keener observer.  It is because for a moment you have abandoned the illusion that as a [...]

Exploring creativity
As a lifestyle creativity can change the world around you, it can foster new ideas and practices, it can beautify and reveal truth and goodness through expression.  At its essence creativity is the act of taking in the world and giving it back to itself through the unique interpretation and expression of an individual [...]

Hey man,

I feel for you. It’s tough when an issue like this becomes personal. I’m glad to see that Kerry hasn’t punked out. He dodged the issue recently by claiming that it’s a “state’s rights issue” (a ploy that Bush used liberally in the last election) which I think was the best move for him politically. The senate would need 67 members to vote aye to pass this thing into law. I am confident that this won’t happen.

from a New York City craigslist post:
A great story of racial harmony in the DC subway. ——————————————————————————–Reply to: anon-35320278@craigslist.orgDate: Fri Jul 02 07:07:16 2004
OK, so check this out, I took the red line from metro center to Shady Grove, It was delayed so TONS of people had to sardine into the trains. It was obviously [...]

In honor of women’s history month and in memory of Erma Bombeck who lost her fight with cancer, her are her words of wisdom.     IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck (written after she found out she was dying from cancer).   I would have gone to bed [...]

Liberty in the Open
I have been thinking a lot about liberty lately. I have been seeing its calling in everything and I think that above all liberty is a place of origin for us all, and when our wills subside, giving way to the natural currents of love and order we feel the pieces [...]

A Favor
In less than 48 hours, Congress will vote on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would permanently deny marriage equality to same-sex couples. This is unprecedented — never before has our Constitution been amended to take away anyone’s rights. This is scary stuff people
As all of you know, my mother is a [...]

Passing Afternoon Inspiration
�There are times that walk from you like some passing afternoon� � if it weren�t for those moments that I realize just how short it all is. Like I accidentally notice how quickly a day passed and for some reason connect that to where I am in my average white male life [...]

Summer Moods
Never did summer feel so little like summer. It almost feels like I have enetered a season seen only on TV � the season that always seems to fit the mood. Saving for maybe a few days that felt like rain but it never came. A tenderness, a lightness of spirit [...]