As many of you may know, I'm in Wellington, New Zealand right now visiting my family (daughter, son-in-law, and beautiful baby grandson). Getting here involved three hours on AMTRAK, 13 hours over the Pacific, clearing customs, and one more hour in the air. I took off just before midnight Thursday California time and met my daughter at 11 AM... Read more
Sometimes we have to go to the ends of the earth to find happiness, but the effort is always worth it. At 10 Wednesday morning I headed down the hill to San Diego, boarded AMTRAK at noon, arrived in LA at 3 and LAX just after 4. My plane to New Zealand was leaving just before midnight, but I have a thing about being late. While waiting, I started... Read more
I’m on AMTRAK, halfway from San Diego to LA. Late this evening, I fly out of LAX to New Zealand to see my grandson (eight months old) for the first time (not to mention his production team). I’m looking forward to a very satisfying week.Our illness gives us many reasons to take a dim view of the world, and in this regard you can call... Read more
As you know, I’ve been sinking my teeth into the topic of happiness, which for me has been a learn-as-you-go-along exercise. What got me started was The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler MD, with its strong emphasis on cultivating loving kindness (or compassion). Basically, people who manage to see beyond... Read more
As some of you may know, I am working on my next book, Raccoons Respect My Piss - But Watch Out for Skunks: My Metaphor for Life on a Planet Not of My Choosing and How I Finally Came to Terms. In my draft, I venture this observation:
I sometimes get to return to the planet of my birth. It's just that I can't recall it. I like to imagine... Read more
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