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Things I PonderJanuary 2, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I closed out the year by doing a ceremony with the entheogenic grandmother medicine, known as ayauhausca, followed by another entheogen: frog medicine, or Kambo. Both have purgative qualities, the frog medicine much more so than the grandmother medicine. When the opportunity arose to do these ceremonies, I couldn’t think of a more fitter way to end the…

Killing time

MemoriesDecember 28, 20162KViews 0Likes 0Comments

OK, who is familiar with the fictional works of Caleb Carr , a brilliant writer? A couple of decades ago, I read a handful of his Victorian era books (The Alieniest, then came across this one, The Killing Time, in 2001, right after the events of Sept 11th, 2001. In this book, some rebels plot to…

It’s legal now

My books ... and bitsSeptember 10, 20161KViews 0Likes 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. You smell like pot. That’s the first thing that comes out of my mouth when two white, early-20s guys get in my car. They chuckle. Yeah, it’s legal now, they say. Yes, I know, I respond. I tell them I’m not much of a smoker, having quit smoking…

A world of pink

Burning Man, Little BitsAugust 24, 20161KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Things are quite pink at Pink Heart camp. Here with the lovely Ali Young during Build Week at Burning Man, setting up the pink furry lounge so well known and visible on The Esplanade. Photos of the completed camp, over the years. Featured image from Halcyon. If you're wanting to go to Burning Man, def read my book!

The astrologica told her

ExperiencesAugust 15, 20162KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I purchased a new bike a few weeks ago--a black one, but I returned it and got a different one. After purchasing the initial black bike, the store owner was helping me 1) get my bike rack secured on my car and 2) get my bike secured on my bike rack when a strange—and I mean…

Flash floods in Ellicott City — My dad is OK

ExperiencesAugust 10, 201651Views 0Likes 0Comments

As you probably have heard by now, Historic Ellicott City, a charming, quaint, vibrant, beloved town, some 244 years-old and counting, suffered a devastating flash flood on Saturday, July 30, 2016. Restaurants, stores and businesses were demolished in the raging floods brought on by 5.9 inches of rain in two hours. The normal river flow of 60…

Good Practices for Using LinkedIn

Other WritingApril 2, 20161KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In 2010, I had an accounting-firm client whose business had been purchased by a much larger and international accounting firm. In many ways, the sale was a good thing for them, but with social media being relatively new for company use and the new parent company not having any social-media strategy themselves, they placed restrictions…

Resurrection

NatureMarch 26, 20161KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I love this time of year. I love watching the Earth — and all her pieces — wake up, emerge. I love seeing that which was dead, transformed to become something anew. A couple years back, interestingly — or oddly, depending on your perspective — I went on a binge collecting dry, raked leaves. I believe…

Solar returns

SynchronicitiesNovember 18, 2015799Views 0Likes 0Comments

What is it about time, anniversaries and solar returns? This evening, while driving down a road upon which I often drive, I suddenly and specifically thought of a store on this road where I had purchased a beautiful pair of earrings I hadn't planned on purchasing. But there I was, at some networking event, a…

A Common Sense Guide to Email Etiquette

Other WritingAugust 16, 20151KViews 0Likes 0Comments

An oldie but a goodie. Basics, man. Basics! A Common Sense Guide to Email Etiquette

Fly, fly, fly away

Little BitsMay 3, 20151KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I've become so incredibly good at flying in my (mostly lucid) dreams, and this flying has become such a common activity of late that earlier today I had to catch myself, realizing those memories of flight flying around in my head were from my dreams and not my waking life. YET!

Top of the list

Little BitsApril 15, 20151KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Well, that's one way to get top billing in the Yellow Pages and a way to get attention, roadside. #Dallas