The Bald Truth:  Know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. Corollary: If you don't feel free, at home in your own skin, connected to the honorableness in all others, in sync with the As Is-ness of Now, then you have a lie somewhere in your system that's working you over. Simple.

I was emailing back and forth with my friend, Jenny Meadows, editor extraordinaire, about the subject of homeless people. I was remembering my reaction regarding the homeless/beggars before and after my experience of Brad connecting with the homeless man in Berkeley (see post re The Power of Love); and then another shift before and after... Learn More

I re-read my posting from last night (another of my rituals, aimed at seeing if what I wrote the night before still makes sense in the light of day, thinking that I can jerk it off the blog before anybody sees it – quite forgetting that my dawn is the afternoon for some people –... Learn More

William Holt, my business partner, and I spent 3+ years making trips down to Port of Spain, Trinidad, working with an oil company there. On one of our trips, we heard about the scarlet ibises that come home to roost in a specific part of the Caroni Swamp at eventide. That sounded interesting. I hadn’t... Learn More

The concept of ‘rituals’ has stayed with me all day today, and I was remembering more and more. So let’s look at the creation of new rituals. Giving credit to family, cultural and religious rituals, I think there is also a place for creating rituals. The granddaughter of a friend of mine is going through... Learn More

Saturday I had the great good fortune to spend time with my family, as we gathered in Denton, TX to witness the college graduation ceremony of my niece, Amanda Neal. We then caravaned to a well known Mexican food restaurant (our family’s cuisine of choice) to celebrate her achievement more personally. I watched the connections... Learn More