A Capacity for Intelligence

According to Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, intelligence is defined as: noun1. capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.2. manifestation of a high mental capacity: "He writes with intelligence and wit." In a recent study conducted at the University of Western Ontario, researchers acknowledged the … Continue reading A Capacity for Intelligence

The Light We Leave Behind

“Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.” --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from his poem, “Ode to Charles Sumner” While … Continue reading The Light We Leave Behind

Our Most Important Task

Since the very first behaviorally modern humans walked the Earth some 50,000 years ago, there has been an enhanced sophistication in their cognitive talents and an expansion of brainpower brought about by a gradually increased utilization of the human brain’s extraordinary architecture.  Fossil evidence of significantly more creative activities, like making tools out of bones, … Continue reading Our Most Important Task

The Greens and Colors of Hope Return

The view out of my office window Spring has been fully underway since mid-April on the Eastern seaboard in America, but it's taken these past few weeks to really blossom into the spectacular array of greens and colors that we've come to expect during this time. The contrast in the character of the currently available … Continue reading The Greens and Colors of Hope Return

An Extraordinary Life

“See, hear, learn, and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after.” –Ernest Hemingway It’s good advice to use your experience of life, to take in what you perceive in the interest of a better understanding of life, and then to write when you … Continue reading An Extraordinary Life

The True Spiritual Path

I am continually searching for my own personal and spiritual place; for a return to the path of the spirit.  I feel strongly that all of my efforts generally find me heading in that direction, but I can’t honestly say I know for certain, at least not at all times, just which direction I should … Continue reading The True Spiritual Path

Blue Skies and Biocentrism

  Brilliantly blue sunlit skies combined with especially brisk winter temperatures this morning, and presented me with two seemingly contradictory experiences simultaneously.  As I sat alone at my desk, sunlight streamed through the windows of my home office, and I could feel the warmth of its rays on my hand as the pen I was … Continue reading Blue Skies and Biocentrism

A Writer’s Dilemma

MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.   Ah me! How hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear.   So bitter is it, death is … Continue reading A Writer’s Dilemma

Ten Years of Blogging

  The New Year has unfolded in an especially tumultuous way so far, and the tides of wellness and illness in our country seem to be fluctuating wildly as the pandemic rages and the new American presidency gets underway, but underneath it all, in several important ways, there is a continuity of sorts that we … Continue reading Ten Years of Blogging

Finding Our Way Forward

                                                              Even though the world seems to be under a cloud of serial struggles and daunting difficulties presently, there is still good cause to be … Continue reading Finding Our Way Forward