or, how I learned to stop freaking out and grow Surrender. For various reasons, this has become one of my favorite words lately. It has a seductive, powerful sound about it. It demands your quiescence, it demands that you voluntarily put down your formidable armour and abandon your bargaining and…

a story from before, that bears lessons for today. This story is ancient history. but it has always been one of my favorite peices. …

A story about discovering life in the shadow of death In the 90’s, then 22 year old me volunteered at an AIDS hospice. As a young gay man, I felt a duty to help and to bear witness to lives not so different from my own being snuffed out before…

I hope you get your wish

Thank you for the insight. I listened to a person just this week explain how they identify as non-binary and explain their understanding of the concept... I found it illuminating and freeing. As a child I never quite fit in with the boys who share my gender. Perhaps I would…

I'll add one culprit to your list... Bankers. The world operates on debt. The way our system has been organized, when the government needs to create money, the Fed delivers that new money to the banks after buying a government bond which creates the new cash. Those bonds bear interest…

Really. Wow, who'd have thunk that design professionals who make a living coming up with unique solutions are "moving away" from cookie cutter "trends" designed for the Home Depot crowd. Knock me over with a feather. As a Senior Designer for over 30 years, here's my 2 cents about "trends"…