June 19, 2013
I was recently speaking to a family friend. He’s in his mid-twenties and has been reviewing my book. He spends a lot of time outdoors and he told me he really likes the chapters about my wild adventures in Alaska (Chapters 13 and 14 in True North – The Shocking Truth about… Read entire post
June 15, 2013
As I relate in my book, unfortunately, my father was killed when I was just six years old. When he died, I lost my anchor and I drifted in a netherworld for years. Still, he was a wonderful, positive role model and I got to know him, at least a… Read entire post
June 8, 2013
When I was a boy in grade school in the 1960’s, I remember watching one of the first animated/live action films. It was an educational piece featuring an animated blood cell with cute little eyes and mouth as a character who interviewed a wise old bespectacled man. The blood cell… Read entire post
June 4, 2013
When the domestic environment I grew up in was extremely toxic, I found myself going to the ocean, the rivers, the forests and the mountains. I didn’t know it then, but I do now – nature kept me sane when I might have gone crazy – in many ways it… Read entire post
May 31, 2013
The other day I was reading Dear Abby in the local newspaper, and yes, I do read Dear Abby. One letter that jumped out at me was from a 15 year old girl who complained that her parents constantly call her unkind names and berate her for a variety of… Read entire post
May 28, 2013
It is good to shine light in dark places. As the world continues to follow the Catholic Church child abuse and sex crime story, and I learn that Australia’s Cardinal George Pell recently admitted before Victoria’s Parliament that the Catholic Church “covered up abuse for fear of scandal”, I’m reminded… Read entire post
May 25, 2013
Imagine you are a disc-jockey, constantly arranging music for your listeners. Now imagine that there is selection software in the system you operate that drives your musical selections, but you don’t know about it. You are selecting music every day, but you are unaware that you are being directed to… Read entire post