I've come to hold synchronicity in high regard. Coincidence is too light a word for the ways in which waves of information sometimes pass through human culture: signaling a simultaneous, penetrating and all-pervasive coming together of cause and effect that verges on clairvoyance. Just last... Continue
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The number of life forms on earth is staggeringly huge; despite the discoveries of the past three hundred years there remains a vast, nearly uncountable number of unknown species of life forms. For perhaps a billion years, earth's plants and then animals have filled every... Continue
A resolution is a promise to oneself to improve upon one’s previous actions, or lack thereof. In that vein, I will end the year acknowledging a mistake in my previous column titled, “A Poet Laureate named Ina.” I stated that Agnes Moulton Coolbrith married Joseph Smith... Continue
Happy 2015 everyone! The year ended with high (wind) drama and a deluge of much needed rain. It is my hope that everyone enjoyed a happy holiday season despite the numerous rain and wind events that managed to capture headlines as the year wound down.... Continue
The 2014 midterm election double-shellacking has forced the issue of reform of the Democratic Party to the front burner. The most telling fact of that election cycle is this: wherever progressive issues like minimum wage increase, paid sick days, and marijuana legalization were on the... Continue
An elderly man, feeling weak, enters the emergency room of a local hospital. After waiting, a doctor examines him and determines he is severely dehydrated. An IV is placed, and sterile saline solution (water and salt) soon help the man recover. He prepares to leave... Continue
TV shows and Hollywood movies often portray elite government security teams as oafish incompetents around whom brilliantly evil criminals run rapid circles. The plots then center around a cat-and-mouse game played by the evil-doers and the one or two members of law enforcement who can... Continue
Just as global warming gains international traction with treaties, targets and timetables the price of oil miraculously drops. A coincidence? I think not. Just as solar, wind, biofuel and electric technologies become more competitive with high-priced oil and gain wider adoption worldwide the price of... Continue
Sex Porn is a global multi-billion-dollar industry. Studies indicate that for many addicted to such material its sexual content is less significant than its feelings of overcoming powerlessness. The defining characteristic of porn is a sense of control through the objectification of self and other,... Continue
Last week I received a phone call at my office from Simon Blattner, president of the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art’s board of directors. He was calling me as a follow-up to the museum’s annual end-of-year financial appeal letter I had previously received. Simon thanked... Continue