Unpublished Novelist
In the late hours of the night, I often find myself alone with my thoughts. I’m a solitary figure poised on the precipice between creation and oblivion. The cursor on the screen points to a blank document, out of habit, often with a vaguely defined purpose. Suddenly, my fingers rampage across the keyboard, and words […]
Mindful Monday Roundup – 2024-03-04
Once upon a time I was quite active in the #MotivationMonday social media community. But after awhile, people started just sharing the same quotes and the same canned cliches for motivation and inspiration. I went through some dark times and gave up on the whole motivational / inspirational tag train But, recently I’ve come across […]
The Chaos of Commuting
The daily commute: that peculiar human ritual where we find ourselves crammed into buses, trains, or cars, partaking in a collective journey that often teeters on the edge of the absurd. As I sit here at our home in the serene landscape of Vermont, my wife is embarking on a several-hour commute herself to the […]
Smarter Than the Average Homosapien
Here’s a rather interesting excerpt from my journal from my later college years. It was a very miserable time in my life, and yet, many of these insights still ring true for me… I may be smarter than the average homosapien, but I don’t consider myself one with big ideas or especially rare insights into […]
Zero Discrimination Day
For the past ten years, March 1st has become the time of year to observe Zero Discrimination Day. As I am quite vehemently opposed to discrimination, being some of the worst anti-humanist behavior of all time, I needed to write something about recognizing this day. Observed annually on March 1st since 2014, Zero Discrimination Day […]
Leap Day 2024
Today is Leap Day 2024, that 29th day of February that comes but every four years. With these extra 24 hours I wish to spend the majority of them reaching into the blogosphere. I wish to seek what gems still remain beneath the shallow veneer of self-promotion, hollow AI generated fluff, and religious extremism. I […]
Seeking Truth in a Disenchanted World
Modern existence seems to always be in a ceaseless flux, in which any meaningful human endeavor seems marred by tides of disillusionment. Thus, I often find myself adrift. I’m caught between the ephemeral beauty of creation and the stark realities of a world that grows ever more cynical. The complexities of our era, with its […]
By Orders of Magnitude
Recently I’ve been digging through my writing archives to prepare a list of my best essays and articles to include in my upcoming essay collection. But when I read pieces that I wrote just three years ago, and edited extensively more recently than that, I find myself stunned at just how much my writing has […]
State of Disillusionment
I find myself at a loss as to what to write about any more. The current state of affairs in our world has become too bleak to mention. Too many folks are clearly without hope, and I have no idea what I can say to bring them any joy anymore. I find myself burying my […]