Here’s the thing about perspective: it’s yours. From wherever you stand, literally or figuratively, what you see is exactly, entirely and only what you see. You might experience something in a way similar to another person, but only you are seeing whatever it is you are looking at in the way that you are seeing…
How long is the “new dog” new for? He was used, so to speak, when we brought him home so he was always only ever new to us. But even in that new-ness how long do we get to say, “well he’s new and just settling in?” Perhaps until we get a newer dog? We…
I recently heard David Brooks being interviewed on the radio, he wrote a book and is busy making the promotional rounds. I was interested in the book generally but I was really interested in something he said that he found interesting and which had informed some of what he was writing about: fifty years ago…
I have observed that often in our quest to solve problems we forget to think about what that original act was intended to do. We lose the view of the forest as we busily solve the problem related to one tree, or maybe we even invent problems related to trees that don’t actually exist because…
Most of us seem to be at a place where we can take flying for granted and thus be annoyed by the whole experience. I have not forgotten that it is basically a miracle that we are all hurtling through space, well above the safety of the earth in a glorified tin can, and I…
I write a lot about my experiences flying because I fly a lot – so I have material. Much of what I write is snarky or an expression of my annoyance with my fellow passengers, the TSA, airlines, really all of it because there is a lot of material out there. For instance I might…
I had three dogs, and then I had two and now I have three again. I suppose because I am crazy. It’s a lot of dogs. When I had three before, the little lost doggie was a bad dog and though we loved him, we loved him in the way you love your crazy relatives:…
Perhaps you have heard something of the brouhaha at UC Irvine? I like the word brouhaha – the sound well evokes the meaning and in this case I think it is a perfect fit. They are having a brouhaha about the American flag. Probably you know that because it has been in the news a…
When you opt out of receiving email communiqués you are sending a message of your very own, to wit ‘I am not interested in the thing that you want me to be interested in.’ Maybe it doesn’t apply, maybe you don’t need it, maybe it was for an old job and now you have a…
I like to write at least one essay a week, or blog post, call it what you will. But I have slowed lately and I am mixed with a sense of acceptance and guilt. I write for me and I hope that what I write resonates with someone else, but since no one is paying…
Faith Works 