Reflecting on personal sadness, world sadness, and the sadness of passing away.
The Custom of Telling the Bees
Honoring the intelligence of life.
Honoring the intelligence of life.
The Power of Men in Power
Lessons of the past inform the future.
Lessons of the past inform the future.
Sound Pollution Is Making Us Stupid
We can make modest efforts to think of quietude as a nutrient that our psyches need for mental and spiritual health and seek it out any way we can.
We can make modest efforts to think of quietude as a nutrient that our psyches need for mental and spiritual health and seek it out any way we can.
Zombie Ice and Karma
What's done is done.
What’s done is done.
Smartphone Addiction and Men
How I stopped looking all the time.
How I stopped looking all the time.
Fishing and Hunting Are Meditations
The ways men connect with nature.
The ways men connect with nature.
Aging and Wistfulness
Remembering the paths not taken.
Remembering the paths not taken.
Elder Wisdom and Porch Sitting
There seems to be some essential nutrient that the online world does not provide.
There seems to be some essential nutrient that the online world does not provide.
How Not to Be a Doomer
Optimism is still possible.
Optimism is still possible.
Our Obsession with Growth Must End
The earth is always steady-state.
The earth is always steady-state.
The Ocean Floor is Our Unconsciousness
The litter there might last forever.
The litter there might last forever.
Is Meditation Still Possible?
We live in such a serious world now.
We live in such a serious world now.
Medical Miracle, Medical Privilege
The inequities of American medical care.
The inequities of American medical care.
Hamburgers, Lawns, and Golf
Habits and customs are hard to break.
Habits and customs are hard to break.
The Heat is Killing Us
We are the frogs slowly cooking.
We are the frogs slowly cooking.















