Since I was fifteen in 1968—a controversy-rich time in our history—I was locked and loaded with my opinions about Vietnam, racism, farm workers, unions, and in the next two years, gender issues and the environment. In the ones and zeroes of my cerebral RAM, I catalogued my arguments with supporting quotes, historical footnotes, endless examples, … [read more]
Generations
I quibble a little with demographers about their delineations of “generations” and their insistence these granfalloons actually exist and that most of us as members are very much alike. I do get the concept and its occasional usefulness. I am very aware how permanently date stamped I am growing up in the fifties and sixties. … [read more]
One Day in January
I never saw my parents be affectionate, so I assume I was born as a result of immaculate conception. That happened 73 years ago today at 1730 hours GMT, at Kadlec Methodist Hospital in Richland, Washington. Like my house, my school, the Catholic Church and the science center, Kadlec had been built ten years … [read more]
Stillness
stillness like falling snow who is it hears snowflakes landing
Be Here Now
Richard Alpert was a partner of Tim Leary at Harvard and Millbrook in the early 1960’s founding the Harvard Psilocybin Project, then turning to LSD (which Dr. Hofmann had synthesized in 1938), in a quest to explore the topography of human consciousness. Harvard lost patience with these two rogues and with the flood of … [read more]
Hello In There
Looking into another’s eyes has always been magically super-charged for me. It’s been the conduit for connection or conflict, synergy and sexual attraction, inspiration and enlightenment. But, doing so when we are older, six, seven, eight, or more decades into this life is another matter altogether. I experience a rich depth and a poignant texture … [read more]
