I woke up this morning to my third rainy, gray and cold day at Seaside, Oregon. My fantasy of a sunny, exhilarating Memorial Day weekend filled with bonfires and shell-hunting had crashed head-on, 100 miles an hour into a concrete block wall; there were no survivors. It was 6 a.m. and I started to contemplate what [...]
August 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Defining Bravery – Superhero Style
I am writing this on location in the heat of Tennessee. There are two things I’ve concluded on this vacation so far – I love my Garmin and I frequently entertain the idea of selling my son to the gypsies. I choose gypsies just because that’s what my Mom used to say. My Mom also [...]
May 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
A New World is A New Mind
This is one of my favorite quotes by William Carlos Williams, a physician and renowned American poet. It speaks to the fact that whenever a human being chooses to evolve, he may do so by first declaring it. In order to grow, you must first have the desire to change. In order to change, all [...]
