The Magnificent Loser
Human beings are all underdogs simply because we are all mortal, and decline is the inevitable end to everyone’s story arc.
READ MORE..Essays
Rambling observations of this and that:
Return of the Peregrinati
Any hometown is a memory palace, and moving through it unlocks feelings from long ago.
READ MORE..Dance Of The Mayflies
Coping with impermanence and helping others persevere through their own mounting frailties, is one of the main missions of being human.
READ MORE..Fake Faces
Horror movies work on human anxieties built into us, but why do we have the fear of the almost human doppelgänger?
READ MORE..The Grey Scribe
A troubadour bard accompanies us through life, composing ditties & tall tales of our deeds.
READ MORE..Let’s see..
Most things of true value in a human life are leaps of faith – in others or ourselves – and can’t be achieved by thinking like an accountant.
READ MORE..‘Social’ Media
Social media might be be the collective ID of the human race, a nonstop stream of consciousness, with all the rabid raw anxieties that implies.
READ MORE..Life in the Lean-to
The most recent victim of the Baker family curse was my poor Dad, in mid 2018, and his stroke was much more massive than my own.
READ MORE..the Baton of Kindness
I think the reason that we’re here (if there’s any reason at all) is to keep that baton of kindness, empathy and love being handed from hand to hand.
READ MORE..Gratitude
Exactly two years ago, starting at around this time of day, my brain tried to strangle me. Thankfully, Julia stopped that from happening and ever since that day she, and all of you, my family & friends, have helped me navigate the tricky world that I live in now. I’ve had many humiliating and humbling … Read more