Born high in the sky Brilliant white, beautiful A snowflake begins its journey Just another soul Amongst millions Swirling aimlessly But touching those nearby Changing, joining, growing, Before it ends its dream Who knows What it may become Who knows
Musings
Wondering About Existence
There’s a race of beings, Alone And wondering, About existence Wondering, Why There’s a race of beings, That wants to belong. And in that belonging wants to understand, Love Wants to understand, Life There’s a race of beings, Struggling […]
Still Trying to Understand Who I Am
After sixty-two years I’m still trying to understand who I am. But I can tell you, I’ve been kind, I’ve been mean, I’ve been generous, I’ve been stingy, I’ve been beautiful, I’ve been ugly, I’ve loved with all […]
Looking for a great read this summer? Then the Messenger Within is the book for you!
I’m very pleased to announce that I just received a wonderful review of my novel, The Messenger Within, from Dr. Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick who is a respected climate scientist at the University of New South Wales in Australia. She says: “The […]
How much of our brains do we actually use?
Recently, I watched a dragon-fly flitting from bush to flower to tall grass and marvelled at how an insect with such a tiny brain could so easily move itself through our three dimensions – it can hover, fly up, […]
The Bright Sparks of Love
I just heard this beautiful song by Lauv called, “Never Not.” It caused me to think about Anthony Bourdain and, more importantly, suicide in general. As we travel through our lives, we leave behind bright sparks of love. Those […]
Is it possible to give a machine a sense-of-self?
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the rapid advance of artificial intelligence and what would happen if the human race gave a machine the ability to understand that it exists. I believe we all would agree that […]
Dreaming of the Future
We on the cusp of a massive, world-wide, economic change. Already clean energy employs a million or more people. Ironically, even oil companies have started to diversify and are buying into wind and solar energy farms. Countries dependant on oil […]
Beware of the Smart Home!
Someday, very soon, so we are told, we’ll have an amazing home that makes our lives so much easier. We’ll come back after a hard day’s work and the door will open on its own and the house will […]
A Time To Live
Oh! What a time to live! Look to the clear night sky and see pinpoints of light, And know that each one is, A miracle upon a miracle upon a miracle. And think that, Perhaps, Throughout the Universe, Trillions […]