Life sucks! That’s for sure, especially the last three years of the Bush regime. I can’t remember another time when the national and world outlook was so bleak. The suffering of so many persons especially due to economic despair and cutbacks, the death and absence of loved ones due to a senseless war, the erosion […]
It’s time for a revolution. However, I’m not talking about a revolution waged with guns. We can see how effective that is in Iraq. Regime change accomplished by force only leads to more conflict. The revolution I’m talking about is a revolution of human consciousness. Perhaps it could be better described as an evolutionary leap. […]
My son is living in Missoula, MT with his girlfriend. They moved there after he got back from spending seven months in Egypt with the Army National Guard which prevented him from going back to college last year. Now they have to wait until next summer to back to school so that they can establish […]
Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, I have a lot to be thankful for. Someone said that happiness isn’t getting what you want, but wanting what you have. That’s how I feel. My wife, family, friends, home, vocation, etc. are what I have and what I want. I am truly blessed. I have lived an extraordinary life and […]
In his final album, “Brainwashed”, George Harrison has a line, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” So many people live their lives like that. They’re brainwashed and just react to external stimuli which is constantly fed to them. They don’t know who they are and have not made […]
A week ago, I was sitting in the living room of a farm house in Crespano, Italy with some of my wife’s relatives. The TV was on and they were showing the bodies of the 17 Italian soldiers/police killed in Iraq being returned to Rome. It was a somber event. I felt the need to […]
Italy, wow! What a trip. We spent ten days in the Venice area of Northern Italy. I’ll probably have a number of things to say about my impressions in the next days. For one thing, it is so nice to see old, old buildings still being used and renovated so that there are beautiful downtown […]
Tomorrow, my wife and I are going to Italy. We will visit the area around Venice and Verona. We will meet some of her relatives on her mother’s side. We will relax and enjoy ourselves, eat good food, see beautiful sights. We will return November 21st, and I will resume blogging at that time if […]
Started the fall ritual of putting away the deck furniture, cutting off dead plants and raking leaves today. Getting the yard ready for winter while the weather is still nice. It’s around 32 degrees out there, but the sun is shining and the crisp air feels good. I prefer working outside in cooler weather, and […]
Life is what we make of it. Unfortunately, some persons are making much more of it than others. An excellent article Bill Moyers Interviews Union Theological Seminary’s Joseph Hough makes good points about this. An interesting point that wasn’t really clear to me before reading this is that the Republicans are deliberately trying to bankrupt […]