We are literal stardust, a replica of the universe. Element % in Earth’s Crust % in Human Body Role in Humans Oxygen (O) ~46% ~65% Found in water, most organic molecules Carbon (C) Trace ~18% Backbone of all organic life Hydrogen (H) Trace ~10% Found in water and organic compounds Nitrogen (N) Trace ~3% Key… Read More Breakthroughs
A therapist once told me of a client who kept her Christmas tree up all year because it made her feel good. The woman brought to my mind Miss Haversham from Dickens’ Great Expectations who from the moment of her abandonment at the altar does the rest of her life in a wedding dress. But… Read More Great Expectations
So here you go, folks. Presenting…Mr. Wayfarer.
If my life in books counted off the page, I could boast quite a social life. My diverse bibliodiet of fact and fiction includes Pulitzers I study, tracing the contours of the words for clues to their savoir-faire. Best thing is when I fall in, pestled upon a page of genius. I feel ridiculous. Don’t… Read More Writing: A Hermit’s Journey
I will blog this. Am I going to get likes? Yep. I’m gonna be famous.
Poets are strange – Why can’t they just call the spade a spade? And what’s a rock but rock: sandstone, shale from the tiredness of weather? Coal and limestone, plant and animal dross — but nature wastes nothing. Why do poets look for metaphors under every rock, the walls that hold the creek, earth that… Read More Poets Are Strange
stargazers in furious bloom – vanilla air – are the only flowers that trust me, tell me i am not hopeless; the juice in their veins, the way they gulp the sun and meet my face, their beauty and their business say i don’t need a green thumb and the riotous garden. all one needs… Read More stargazers
1. Individuality and community. Blogging gives us the best of both, lets us develop our self in “the collective heartbeat”. (Anne Lamott) 2. The freedom. Anything goes: some days this is my own TED stage or talk show. On others, my stand-up. Sometimes it’s my notebook. 3. The empowering. You can take yourself as seriously… Read More The Best Things About Blogging
How many songs do you still know from high school? The old band – cooler than ice cream in its day – revs up the radio and you’re right back, lyrics sure after all these years. Which is why Holistic Boy learns a lot of things through music. He had the optional challenge of memorizing… Read More Exodus
1. To ward off dementia. 2. Stay in touch with my roots. No such thing as overworking with Koreans. Rest? Psh. That’s what the grave is for. 3. You’ve saved me money on therapy. I didn’t have to go this year. 4. I don’t want to clean. Who in their right mind would choose mopping… Read More The Real Reasons I Blog
A Holistic Journey 