And so, after eight and a half tumultuous years of a very full and worthy life in California, I have returned to the land of my birth, to a place with four true seasons. Again, the taste of real apple cider fills my mouth like the kiss of a long-lost love. Again, the evening's chill after the day's warmth reminds me that the warmth is fleeting. ( Read more... )

Every year around this time, I start feeling the pull of change coming. This year, it's especially strong. Our lives are changing in major ways, and I can't see the end of things at the moment to know how it's all going to work out ( Read more... )

I was pointed to this piece of amazing, powerful writing from 2007. Along with several other pieces I've read in the wake of the great Pantheacon gender debates, I have been confronted with the undeniable fact that I know so much less about gender and the experience of others around gender than I thought I knew. This is at once disheartening, as ( Read more... )

This article from the Dead, Mad or Poet journal poses a very interesting challenge to every person of faith, no matter what faith that person professes. I am acquainted with the author and have found him to be someone worth listening to, so I have read, and reread this piece several times, and my disagreement with it, about which more to follow, ( Read more... )

i spent all day Saturday and Sunday taking a class from Deane Juhan, a body worker, teacher and author famous in the body work end of the universe. It was a physically demanding, mentally challenging and incredibly recharging experience for me. I kept thinking to myself, "Wow, I already do a lot of this," while at the same time thinking, "Oh my ( Read more... )

You are men and women from all walks of life, with nothing in common, except that at a critical moment in your life, you decided to wager it all for the sake of your country. Some of you volunteered, some of you were drafted during hours of that country's need. Some of you have been shamefully treated by the country you served, for matters of ( Read more... )

On Sunday, April 25, I will be hosting an open house to officially open my therapeutic massage practice, called A Touch of Reverence. I will be giving free ten-minute massages, and guests who book appointments on that day will receive a 25% discount off the normal cost ( Read more... )

We'll use the word cork because as this is a public post that various family members of mine over on Facebook might read, other imagery might cause a disturbance in the force ( Read more... )

What: the beginning of an extended series of classes in the Feri tradition ( Read more... )

So today was the day I was to have taken formal possession of my new and wonderful office for massage therapy. All seemed well, indeed, I couldn't imagine anything going seriously wrong. Silly me ( Read more... )