A lesson from Zimmy

Everything I have learned could have been found in a Bob Dylan lyric. As a child of the seventies with … Continue reading A lesson from Zimmy

Start in the mirror

Everyone is born with something organically placed inside that the world needs us to bring forward. Too often, that is replaced with fear and competition (especially in individualistic and violent communities). And we all suffer. Continue reading Start in the mirror

A lesson from Kat

I hope someday to grow up to be just like my daughter. Continue reading A lesson from Kat

Crowded golf courses

Crowded golf courses? In a recent piece for CBS News on the revitalization of Manhattan (link), Michael Bloomberg, the former … Continue reading Crowded golf courses

My friend Abraham

“If you deliberately plan on being less than you can be, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for … Continue reading My friend Abraham

Hunting Nazis

Like a violent response to a tangled line, violent communication, which is much of the topic of this blog, creates knots from simple tangles and draws conflict based on the judgment of ourselves and others. Continue reading Hunting Nazis

Better places practice Hygge.

“Hygge has been called everything from “the art of creating intimacy,” “coziness of the soul,” and “the absence of annoyance,” … Continue reading Better places practice Hygge.

Introduction

A political party–it’s like a sausage grinder; it grinds all the heads up together into one mash, and then it … Continue reading Introduction