I feel like in my society, in America, that I have been taught that more is better.  I also feel that certain behavior of people that seem to do excessive things or seem to go to extremes in some people’s minds, is condoned or tolerated be... Read more

Years ago I visited a friend of mine in a European metropolitan city.   The city had an underground metro which I was not used to riding having been born and raised in cities which did not have a metro at the time.  My friend laughed as he saw m... Read more

I’m a guy like so many of us, trying to understand the meaning of this life, while at the same time just trying to let go and enjoy the experience of it. Along the way, I have watched many things change in myself, from my body to my psyche... Read more

Over the years, I have heard much advice given to me and to others around how to make friends, keep friends and keep peace in the family.  Much of that advise revolved around a few simple rules, “Don’t discuss politics or religion wi... Read more

Of course we all understand that Facebook has ways of gathering information about us that we have so “freely” given to it/them, etc.  And there is so much we could say on that subject.  But that is not what this blog post is about. ... Read more

I had the pleasure of spending time with two of the Internationally adored musical act, The Green Children, this past weekend.  And I don’t use the word adored lightly.  Besides the fact that I find both Milla Sunde and Marlow Bevan, the t... Read more

I am currently four weeks into an Improv class.  For those of you who don’t know, Improv is short for improvisational, in which, usually an artist, painter, actor, comedian, musician, etc., will develop an idea, a work, a scene, a skit, a... Read more

When I was little, I used to work for a mega corporation.  Back then, actually, not that long ago, but another life time ago, IBM was one of the top 5 companies in the world, and I felt happy and lucky to be working with them.   Out of 2000 appl... Read more

For some reason I was reflecting on my day ahead of me today and what I would say about it at the end of the day, if I found out it was my last day to live.  Would I be proud of what I had done, would I say, “Yes, that was an important way... Read more

I recently paid a visit to a friend who was on his sick bed, and in a bad way.  I had heard that he had missed almost three weeks of work and was not able to drive and needed help.  In my Filippo way, I came in making jokes to try and make him l... Read more