Category: Our World

Just Google It Already!

Last week, when leaving the SF Fine Arts Museum at the Legion of Honor, I passed yet again beneath this statue of Rodin’s “Thinker”. We all know this guy, forever thinking. He’s iconic, right? Only this time, I had this thought: What if Rodin had Google? Would this statue even exist? Would he have had… Continue reading Just Google It Already!

Gratitude – Basic Hygiene For the Heart

  Are current events getting to you? Getting you down? They are me. Just a few recent items: The “killers in high places” (as Leonard Cohen calls them) are still murdering their citizens; priests and football coaches are abusing their kids; the black rhino is now extinct; our “leaders” are arguing like children while our… Continue reading Gratitude – Basic Hygiene For the Heart

Beyond Comprehension

ALREADY "PROMISED??"

Hello sweet reader, Soo good to be back with you again. We are just back from an amazing trip to Turkey, where we had a memorable experience in lots of ways. The people we met, and there were many, were universally warm, friendly, kind and helpful. That part (the people part) was, and always is,… Continue reading Beyond Comprehension

This Was No Butterfly….

I reckon most of us have heard the famous quote: “When a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world it can cause a hurricane in another part of the world.” According to Wikipedia, “the ‘butterfly effect’ as the term was originally called, was the brainchild of MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz. “In 1961 while working… Continue reading This Was No Butterfly….

What you DO is NOT who you are

I love this little story. I think you will too: Keichu, (1640-1701) the great Zen teacher of the Meiji era was the head of Tofuku, an important temple in Kyoto. One day, Kitigaki, the governor of Kyoto decided to visit him, and announced himself by presenting his business card to Keichu’s attendant: KITIGAKI GOVERNOR OF… Continue reading What you DO is NOT who you are

We Are Running…

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished” – Lao Tzu We are running running and time is clocking us from the edge like an only daughter. our mothers stream before us, cradling their breasts in their hands. oh pray that what we want is worth this running, pray that what we’re running toward is… Continue reading We Are Running…

On “Success”

  I was having lunch recently with a friend and the subject got around to how each of us would characterize a “successful” life – this is a typical conversation for geezers when not engaged in their usual, what I call “organ recitals,” (AKA- the medical laundry list). I have a lot of trouble around… Continue reading On “Success”