He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. — Nietzsche My earliest memory is lying on my back in my baby crib, with no separation between my self and the world. Attracted by the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue, I wordlessly watched…

Reality is frequently inaccurate. — Douglas Adams Back in the 1990s, I was an alpha tester for an online education project being developed at NCSA (The National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The previous sentence was my payment — the right to say I had briefly worked with NCSA at UIUC…

The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. — Frank Herbert We are natural beings. Although human existence is enhanced by technological artifice, our essence is affixed to the natural world. There are far too many artificial means to escape rather than embrace reality…

Wonder of nature Churning echoes from afar Roars into my soul I received a tsunami Alert this morning as I opened my Gmail. I didn’t know it could that, so thanks Google for that. I checked the expected arrival times for the waves here on the Pacific Northwest Coast and…

Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God…

If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand. — Buddha We are seekers — you and I. From birth to death, we wander this life seeking the divine in all its myriad guises. But it is the inner…

And Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us”. — J.R.R. Tolkien For Christmas I had wanted to give my three wonderful children a gift that only I could give them — my memories of their childhood. For years, I…

Powerful winds were blowing this morning here on the Pacific Northwest coast. As I walked onto the beach I glanced up to see this majestic eagle gliding gracefully above me. I think of my departed World War Two veteran Dad whenever I see an eagle on the beach. The day…