Snowbrush

When Sarah Palin spoke of her affinity for the “Joe Six-packs of America,” I envisioned the millions of people who believe that an opinion e...

At night. Late. Quiet. Alone. In bed. I ponder the daylight world of color, shadow, music, plants, people. They don’t seem real in the darkn...

Peggy holds the most respected job in America, and I the most despised. Registered nurses outrank doctors and professors. Househusbands fall...

Yesterday was a good day for a scrounger. First, I ate a piece of toast that someone had left in a restaurant (I dunked it in my coffee); th...

A woman was sobbing loudly and screaming at invisible people in front of the library today. I had been out all morning and was looking forwa...

Here’s how I see chronic pain. Let’s say you take it into you head to help the poorest people on earth, and you are sent to a city dump in C...

“Nothing lasts; therefore nothing means anything.” I found this sentiment in the blog of a sixteen year old. I couldn’t have written it when...

A letter by a follower from Slidell, Louisiana, reminded me of the following true story. In 1983, I got a pilot’s license and bought an airp...

I attended a Zen service Sunday. The temple is nearby, and I had long been curious about it though discouraged by the requirement that new p...

Nice things first so as to throw you off guard… 1) Instead of a few words, people often respond to my posts with a few paragraphs. I ADORE k...

Part 1 Pretend that I am right; that our every thought and action is determined by the unalterable laws of cause and effect; that we are lik...

Dogs. I’ve always had dogs. First, there was Mike who was old when I was born and wouldn’t allow anyone but family near me. I use to pee on ...

Some fascinating—no, unbelievable—geographic facts: The southern terminus of the Cascade Mountains is Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They exit th...

I passed my first ten years in an unpainted house (photo 1) on a gravel road (photo 2). It stood a few hundred yards from where Peggy and I ...