I recently shared that I am writing two books and that the experience is like reading two books at the same time. One book is fiction, and the other is a “how-to” work, otherwise known as a non-fiction. This blog is part of my work as I think aloud about the non-fiction book, How to Stay Connected in a Disconnected World. I am currently in the research, thinking, and note-making stage of that endeavor. The manuscript will most likely take at least eighteen months until I sta

One of my daughters asked me what it was like turning seventy. Well aside from stiffer joints, a little bit of declining memory, and thinning hair, it’s great—I’m alive. Genetics had something to do with my making it this far, but it is not all due to my DNA. I have the privilege of eating well, good healthcare (as you read on you may wonder about that), and time for refreshment and restorative activities. I do not underestimate any of these factors in my life. And, too, ther

Like millions of people from around the world, I have become enamored of Punch the Macaque. I look forward to seeing new video clips of him and I follow his progress online. I initially thought this pastime was a mindless form of entertainment. But, upon reflection, I think it might be more than that. Punch now lives in a Japanese zoo near Tokyo and has had challenges from birth, when he was rejected by his mother. I do not know the details of that misfortune, but his bad luc

The spring Equinox is today, and I think it is supposed to warm up later in the afternoon. This week in Asheville, NC the morning temperatures were well below freezing. There were flurries and we needed our woollies. I had my fireplace going during my morning meditation and covered myself with a heavy blanket. I swear my blood is thinner since I moved to Florida over a decade ago. But no complaining. I live in the mountains and by the sea. It’s dreamy, until it isn’t. So wh