And so can you… — I don’t call myself a Christian, and I wouldn’t say I’m not a Christian either. Sometimes I say that I’m a closet christian (lowercase ‘c’), because I‘m a big fan of Jesus. He sounds like the model of what a man can be, and by man, I mean a human…

Life imitates art, war is good for absolutely nothing, and apocalypse happens… — I watched the first season (now on Netflix) of the Ukrainian TV show, Servant of the People, starring Volodymyr Zelensky as a history teacher who, almost by accident, becomes the president of Ukraine. …

Or at least somewhere in the neighborhood… — I’d rather be here now is a phrase I have used for many years. It’s a lament. When I say ‘I’d rather be here now,’ I’m talking about my relationship with reality — with all the sources of information — internal and external, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, that I…

When I was a very young woman (still a teenager), travel was my most successful technique for interior realignment. Getting out of my own/known culture into places where I had few or no clues about what was going on, threw me back upon my own resources — it allowed me…

Why gangster family values are not conducive to large-scale problem-solving. — Questions to ask yourself if you are a gangster: How much can I get away with? How far can I game the system to get what I want? How many pussies can I grab and how many people can I shoot on 5th Avenue before someone tries to stop me? Why should I try to hide who/what I am…