This is Momma Kitty.  She is a well-seasoned senior citizen that can leap tall buildings in a single bound.  She speaks her mind at mealtime, when she wants to explore the great outdoors and loudly announces for everyone to hear when she has had enough of the elements: wet, cold and spider webs. She prowls…

Food is medicine.  Food is a meditation and a blessing.  It is a spiritual experience.  Food is a righteous gift.  Food sustains, nourishes and satisfies.  Food comforts and reminds.  Food is business.  Food is a peace offering.  Food is a prelude.  Food is an art form.  Food is a symbol of generosity.  It activates the…

Red, white and blue…I can hear patriotic songs played by a marching band in the sound chambers of my brain. Flags flying.  Toy soldiers on parade.  Cheers and swoons.  White gloved salutes.  Plenty of brass.  The caissons are rolling along. I pledge allegiance to the red, white and blue and for which they stand.

Any regrets?  Any path not taken?  Any wrong path followed?  Any do-over thoughts?  Any take back decisions?  Any wish to replay an interaction?  Any deed left undone?  Any missed opportunities?  Any, “If Only”s”?  Any knee jerking going on? Too many to count?  Then, proceed with caution.

We play ball.  It’s a game and a get-a-long tactic.  It denotes courage and prowess.  It refers to the extent of your persuasiveness, your sphere of influence.  And then there is the process of globalization. The sun is a ball of exploding gasses.  The moon is made of rock.  The earth is atmosphere and water. …

…changes everything, absolutely. Cannot step backwards into time itself.  There is no rewind. Forward, to new sight lines and ways of thinking image.

Even the night time sky contains light.  Even if the Tule Fog hovers thick and dense there is light, light diffused.  Even in the void of darkest space the orbiting telescoping cameras pick up intense color from light years away.  Even during the deepest sleep some dream in technicolor. So when I focus on mostly…

Tradition tells us that in every generation there are 36 righteous men and/or women who by their selfless generosity and inherent goodness prevent the world from collapsing into rubble. I have over the years met several of these exceptional characters and I am not sure about the world, but my life is infinitely better for…

Silent screams.  Colorless light.  Foggy daydreams.  Symphonic atonality.  Overwhelming contradictions.  Potential unrealized.  Powerlessness consuming. We live to experience.  And, we will over a life time, feel joy and sorrow, gain and loss and sense loneliness when in a crowd. It helps to acknowledge that we are limited, vulnerable and fragile. And then, it helps to…

They are deliberate, thoughtful and trustworthy.  They possess a will to do good, turn their meditations into righteous endeavor and maintain their integrity.  They love.  They relate.  They endure. They have purpose.  Their weighing scales are balanced and just.  They consider with clarity the options and the outcomes.  They take responsibility.  They teach.  They share.…