On March 12th, I passed the speed limit and turned seventy. Turned seventy is such an odd phrase because there were no yellow caution lights, hand signals or blinking arrows. There was simply an easing into this odd number for which I have no affinity, and with which I am not engaged. Numbers, however, are [...]
Incredibly beautiful live version of Whitney Houston singing “I Will Always Love You.” Before singing, Whitney says: “You know, it’s all about love. And to me, music and love are the same things really, you know. And, if our kids grow up with music in their lives, then there is no question that there will [...]
February has always seemed like an odd month to me, nestled in between hibernation-friendly January and blustery March. I’m speaking, of course, as someone who lives in the Northeast. It’s still officially winter here, even though we’ve had only one snowfall and it’s going to be 60 degrees tomorrow! This month always seems like a [...]
Beautiful, short video based upon the teachings of Alan Watts, including: “You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.”
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
You and [...]