As I write this, I‘m caught in the real estate version of Musical Chairs, that gap between selling my primary residence and buying the next one. …

There is an important distinction between what you know of as health, and what I’m describing in this post. Even though I still refer to it as health, it is a completely different animal from the health that most of us refer to in normal conversation. So different that it…

War happens when those with unchecked wealth and unchecked power get bored. In this new war, as in all others, people are hurt and die, things lovingly built are destroyed, nature is overrun, wildlife of all kinds suffer, all because you and I have celebrated wealth and power over life. …

“Describe your ideal mate” is a standard profile request for dating websites. If you’ve spent much time searching those profiles you’ve no doubt encountered the term “well-travelled”, usually preceded by the phrase “must be”. There, and elsewhere, this term is used as a correlate of sophistication, financial independence, and cultural…

I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between those who ink up and those who don’t. What makes tattoos attractive to some, and anathema — or just uninteresting — to others? I fall into some version of the latter camp, but I can only guess as to the reason. Having…

I have been avoiding the word “happy” in my writing and conversations ever since I became aware that many people perceive happiness these days as a fluffy and delusional outlook on life. I’m not sure where this started but it has now seemingly reached critical mass in our society. The…

In modern times the concept of learning is exclusively referenced as something that makes you a better and more valuable person. But does everything called learning actually achieve this? Better and valuable to whom? Does all learning contribute to your life in the ways you care about? …

I lost my best friend to cancer recently. My best friend also just happened to be a dog. But the dog-part is incidental; she was a loving friend in every way that also applies to humans, and a few others that don’t. We both felt the constant need to make…

Evidence of a Growing Resistance to Human Interaction The caustic and dismissive put-down of older adults with the phrase “OK, Boomer” is just another symptom of a bigger trend: a resistance to human interaction. To wit: people bristling at simple questions about spelling, pronunciations, names, places, and the like, with…