dark chambers

Life is a series of darkened chambers that one enters at some personal risk, out of curiosity, boredom, a perverse desire to tempt fate or, because life offers no other alternative.

Querencia

These are dark times in America, and much of the world for human beings. As the long reigning power of our planet is finding its power challenged, it reacts inappropriately

Cleaning house

I am not new to the entrepreneurial world. After my divorce, I bounced around from one gig to another with no particular idea what I wanted to do at at the time.

How does one cope with a terrorist act? The emotions are on high alert. I am upset, teary, angry. Everybody wants to pitch in, lend a hand, give support. There are flowers and memorials on the streets around trees,

learned helplessness Redux

There is a famous 2 part experiment in psychology by Martin Seligman in which he has placed a dog in a crate with an electrical grid floor that emits shocks on an intermittent schedule . . .

split self

I came to the end of the road in NYC. It took me a while to figure that out. I loved Manhattan, which for an artist is the ultimate Candy Store.

If a Tiger . . .

I have a case before the Maine Human Rights Commission and I am researching past cases. I tend to take lightly the complaints Blacks make about discrimination;

for the good

Let’s talk about money. You’ve read this week about how Nancy and Paul made a few mils on the Stock Exchange lately. I’m talking about the Pelosi’s.

terms & conditions

Tell me sister (or brother), did you wonder as you were in point of making your commitment about the door forever shutting behind you . .

Last Words

I have a folder in my computer named Last Words. Last words forever closes the door to the recipient of those words. We have nothing left to say to each over, arrivederchi!

uranus

At some point in human history, we were infiltrated by aliens from the planet Uranus. They walk among us; you’ve met and had dealings with them without recognizing them as such.

Healing the Split

I woke up early evening in a darkened room with a vision. I was made aware that I live with another person. She was there in the darkened room, palpable,

the seeress

I am a seeress, have dedicated my life to understanding myself and the universe I am privileged to participate in.

monopoly experiment

The psychologist Paul Piff conducted an experiment in which he brought sets of subjects into his lab to play a rigged monopoly game.

Flagellation 2

Women in the profession speak about the many highly successful men who seek to be dominated and mistreated by them.

fellow writers

I have been have accepted, a contract with Austin Macauley Publishing Company. This week an email in my inbox with the soothing balm that tells me what a wonderful book I have written!

Lydia

I’ve had my hair done by an orthodox Jewish woman with a black hat on her head, a black sweater and a long black and white skirt. Lydia, a Russian, from Uzbekistan,

You do not know

I wrote about the Samurai last week, recommending a couple of books, The Art of the Samurai, and The Book of Bushido. The latter is the better of the two.

the samurai’s code

I watched “Le Samurai” last night, a French film about a hired killer, which is a quiet film, that leaves you with quite a puzzle to reassemble. It’s very low key cerebral;

Georgio

There are people in your life that make a difference. You may meet them just once; they may share a lone word, a sentence, or not. This encounter becomes embedded in the inner mind,

At The Market

When I was first made aware of the Covid I had some inkling of viruses since I once came down with one whose name escapes me. What I remember of it is that I was quite sick,

chaos

I watched a movie someone recommended, "Battle of Algiers. I knew a bit about the Algiers/French war . . .

Juan Matus

If any human being has had major influence in my life it is surely the sorcerer Don Juan Matus. A pseudonym for a man the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda wrote about.

seeking truth

Every piece of truth you acknowledge and take as your own has a price, a very steep price. Individuals seek solace and/or redress in a world system, in cultural, societal collectives,

wakinyan II

Inyan, Spirit of the Stone created Wakinyan, who became the Thunderbeings, the force of electricity on the earth.

Boogie Street

I’m becoming happy lately. I like to think that it’s a reward for my contributions to the path of heart, but the truth is we humans don’t like to admit that you cannot make yourself happy or unhappy.

markers

Life needs markers, order, legitimacy. Mother surely chose to die on January 1st, not the 31st or the 2nd. One chooses one's markers.

The eviction files

The favorite essay this past month has been Eviction. It has come to pass as I knew when I wrote it that eviction was coming for many, many people . .

madam heidi

I watched a documentary last night of Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood Madam who raked in millions catering, actually the term is pandering,

the great reset

America and its satellites have gone mad. It gets worse every day. We are trapped in a labyrinth of lies directing us who knows where.