LoveLife

It’s a curious thing. Interviews with thousands of high achieving individuals reveal that many have felt at one time or another that...

You may not be familiar with the meaning of Wabi Sabi, although its origins are ancient and as central to the Japanese sense of...

My podcast partner, Alvean Lyons, and I have been thinking about a joint book project. The working title is The Puzzle People. You might...

From the outset let me make one thing clear, this is not a post about Christmas, past, present or future. Dickens covered that quite...

Before you let me have it for that defeatist headline, let me explain. I am anything but a quitter. My mantra is perseverance and if...

While taping a podcast episode with my partner, Alvean Lyons, we were asked whether we had any major regrets, and if so, what we would do...

On a recent trip to Spain, we made the pilgrimage to the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s yet to be completed cathedral for the workers in...

It seems as if we humans have learned little over the course of our existence. In fact, I can’t think of much on which we agree. Today,...

In last week’s post I wrote about a recent trip to Spain. Food and drink are an essential part of the good life the Spanish enjoy, and...

I had the good fortune recently to spend a few hours with a lovely, gracious couple, Domingo and Lolli, on their farm in Jerez, Spain. ...

I should have known. I awakened late and with a lingering sense of dread—yes really, undefined as to source but dread nonetheless. I...

The phrase is a familiar one. While bombs and rockets rained down on the UK, the British government devised a series of posters to...

Readers of this blog know that I seldom offer commentary that could be construed as political in nature. It is not because I lack...

As I wrestled with a seemingly endless tangle of vines and weeds that I swear did not exist just a few weeks ago my thoughts turned to...

Perhaps you’ve seen the movie. If you haven’t, a few words about the premise are in order. The premise of this picture is that ideas,...

What a lovely and insidious word, tomorrow. It holds the promise of an unopened present while tempting us with avoidance. Whatever we...

A recent article in a scientific journal posed a controversial definition of our minds. The definition was first posited by UCLA...

Riding back from gym the other day I got caught up in a radio documentary about memory. One story in particular had me sitting in the...

When they make the movie, all our parts will be played by fantastically good-looking people. Our dialog will be snappy, with witty...

I have a confession to make. No, not that kind; the kind where I admit that I am a life-long science fiction fan. While I enjoy reading...