At the end of today I will be shutting down my Facebook account. I just don’t feel that there is anything good that happens on here anymore. It is just an advertising and big-media platform. I think back to a time when I didn’t have Facebook. Some people I would never have relationships with if […]

When you work in customer service, especially the retail version, a lot of people will point out what kind of weather it is. They will complain that it isn’t what they want or that it’s perfect, but they have to be inside at work. When weather is threatening to be awful, every single person will […]

One of the best times of year in Portland is the false spring of February. The sun is out, it feels warm after so many cold gray winter days, and the idea of summer begins to be realistic. I love it for two reasons: one, it is the perfect temperature, and two, it is going […]

All the email said was 3:18. This is how I found out that the Death with Dignity drugs had finally worked for my grandmother. It seemed all so impersonal. I had just been at her bedside two days before basically saying good-bye and now I just happened to be refreshing my email and seeing 3:18. […]

Meditation for January 11th, 2017 The Last One January 11th, 2016 I decided to commit to writing a blog everyday for a year. I was recovering from cancer treatment and my head had taken a heavy blow from chemo. I had cognitive issues and reading and writing, two things that I love, and I struggled […]

Meditation for January 10th, 2017 The Gentrification of Weather It is winter here in Portland, Oregon and it has snowed three seperate times and there is a snow coming later this evening.  We aren’t getting feet of snow, this also isn’t a desert or tropical place where snow never happens at all, but just the […]

Meditation for January 9th, 2017 Ego Reduction For most of the life of religion and spiritual practices has been the reduction of the human ego so that one may be humbled in the face of the gods.  Christians have used self flaggelation to punish oneself for even daring to think about sin (I would like […]

Meditation for January 8th, 2017 Food & Supplements Need Intenetions Our scientists and shamans have scoured the earth for the best foods and supplements to help be healthier. We noticed that some people, mostly skeptical friends and family who don’t believe these things, just didn’t get the same reaction as we do. So we went […]

Meditation for January 7th, 2017 Red Flags We live in an age where the information and ideals needed before the first date is astronomical. If we listen to the love song of yesteryear, we hear that people fell in love without even m owing the person’s name. Now we have online apps with matrixes so […]