On August 4 of this year, I’ll be turning 46, and starting my 47 year of living on this great big dirt clod in space. While I really enjoyed being 44, 45 was kind of tough. When I turned 44, it was nice to share my birthday with President Obama, …
I think I’ve struggled with some sort of depression for most of my life. That seems to be the nature of the human experience, I suppose. But for the last few months, I haven’t really had the energy or impetus to do much more than get by. There are a …
The dilemma that I face, and truly that most of humanity faces, is what to do about this ego thing. A variety of spiritual luminaries say that we must transcend our ego and open ourselves up to who we are beyond this mortal coil. Our egos are seemingly a pattern …
With all of the rain we’ve had in Florida over the last few days, it was nice to see a rainbow to end yesterday. I think it´s an amazing and beautiful thing that the colors of the rainbow are directly aligned with the colors of the chakras. You know what …
For a few years, before I decided to my non-monetary lifestyle experiment, I mulled over this concept of ABC2 Economics. I called it the WeBMaP at the time. In my mind, it only seemed right to find a more balanced solution to our financial predicament. While I know that much of …
The bank that I have used over the last few years was bought by another bank that I don’t think too highly of, so I am investing my financial future in a local credit union. When I started using money again, the first two accounts I started were a personal …
For those of you who would read the words that follow, or any that have come before, and call me a socialist/communist, chances are good you wouldn’t know a real socialist/communist if it fed you and healed you from illness. Though some are passionately angry about the communist militarism used …
I’m having a bit of a challenge talking about the problems of the world and, more importantly, how we move beyond them. Part of the challenge is the limitation of our language. I generally interact with much of the world digitally through the Facebook platform, as does 53% of my …
My creativity seems to run in sixteen month cycles. That’s about how long I traveled to write The Rucksack Letters, how long I was in Los Angeles, how long I worked on The Flow Factory, and how long I’ve been working on my latest project, The Cowboy Cabaret. The good …
After 240 years of living under a republic, is America more prepared to participate in an actual democracy? In 1776, a republic was a far cry better than a kingdom, yet the founding fathers agreed that a true democracy would be too unruly. When the 91 members of Congress, representing …
