A little girl, about 4 years old, crouches in the back of a dark blue van with carpeted interior and no seats other than the two in the cab. She’s crying. Her mother, sitting in the passenger seat, looks back at her and says, “Don’t…
Shuffling through my old mental files, I pulled one that comes back to me from time to time. It was one of the most beautiful experiences I have ever had as a human with other humans on this earth. I think it was 2007 when…
One of the things I love about reading old books is the insight I gain to the people of the day. The language, customs and internal thoughts are fascinating to me. Edith Wharton’s fiction, as a prime example, was so good at painting the scene…
I have stayed away from writing again for the same reason I always do. While a million ideas might pass through my mind, I always feel that I either can’t do them justice or that they simply aren’t worth writing about. Usually, the former because…
I have many heroes, but there is one that I could never chat with over a hypothetical dinner yet she is one of the first to come to mind when I consider who my idols are. Sadly, she is not alive today, but she left…
I eat meat. No food group is excluded from my plate, but I am often struck with guilt for the meat I consume. Even when I buy meat to cook at home, finding non-factory farmed meat isn’t always an option. It’s a problem that needs…
I have this condition in my creative life where I become super interested in something, decide I want to write or share about it then determine that there are too many people talking or writing about it and so I am not good enough, smart…
I have been absent from this space that is most dear to me. This nook in life, where I can steal away under the blanket of thought and expression and open this journal between us, warm and glowing from within the pages. A private sharing…
This took place in October of 2016. I tripped across it while trying to decide what to write about and decided it was a happy memory, worth the share. I hope you enjoy it. Tonight restored my faith in magic, and I’ll tell you why…
This piece may be less sunny than my previous posts because it’s about telling the truth in a time when it seems so hard to parse the truth with a constant overload of information and the super-charged nature of the world today. But we will…
I’ve been reading and listening to a lot about what it means to be conscious lately. I am always amused at how the minute an idea that is new to me attracts my attention, I continue to run into more and more information on the…
What I didn’t do was finish the 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), reach the highest summit in it, or spend 11 days trying. What I did do was hike 20 miles in a day and a half with about 28 pounds on my back the…
I’m so late getting out a new post, and my reasons are so typical and inexcusable for anyone who cares enough about something. I won’t bore you with them. However, I want to share some things that have been going on in my life with…
It is 9:35 p.m. and I am literally just writing to write, hoping that something great comes out of it. I have spent most of the afternoon trying to overcome a fear of failing. I’m trying to build something and I’m afraid people won’t want…
Reading and writing and working—the three things that have filled most of the last two weeks. I am so excited for the little progress here at Greater Ape, but I need to add content, and while I’ve been writing quite a bit, nothing lately has…
This is a blog post written by a dear friend and I found it so relevant, I wanted to share with you, here. Stay true to yourselves and don’t be afraid to change. Much love! Education v. Indoctrination