Lessons from Charlottesville: This is how you float above the hate

There’s no shortage of news these days that’s heavy, scary, shameful at times and makes it hard to stay positive unless you engage in some degree of willful denial of the world at large and focus on your own little bubble – this is not new but it’s more of a task these days with…

SHORTY STORY: Untitled (Midweek Mental Meandering)

“What a kind insult!” he chuckled, “And here I thought he was looking down on us, but no, he’s got a kindness to him doesn’t he!” The crowd in the tavern let loose a low cacophony of short laughs and chuckling sounds, all genuine but somehow with an edge to them. “I, I, I… meant…

It’s A Stupider World.

I used to think maybe I was being mean or smugly-smart of a know-it-all or some such – but not so much anymore. Folks like me keep trying to give others the benefit of the doubt. We hope for the the best, we calmly try and discuss, we try and debate and converse and learn…