Phantom Trees

Phantom Trees

by | Mar 31, 2026 | Meditations, Nature

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound? If a tree is cut down in your neighborhood and no one notices that it’s gone was it ever there? Trees take up a lot of space, especially large ones like oaks or redwoods. The energy...
Hope Is A Hooded Oriole

Hope Is A Hooded Oriole

by | Mar 26, 2026 | Nature

Spring arrived in my neighborhood this morning in the form of a brilliant orange jewel. Perched at the very top of our neighbor’s towering coast redwood tree, the Hooded Oriole seemed to glow from within as it basked in the rays of the rising sun. My calendar told me...
Whale Magic On Maui

Whale Magic On Maui

by | Mar 18, 2026 | Nature

It’s one thing to watch a nature documentary with incredible close up images of whales frolicking in the ocean while David Attenborough intones about their majesty and splendor. It’s another thing to stand on shore and observe actual whales through binoculars. But...
Musings On Technology

Musings On Technology

by | Feb 28, 2026 | Meditations

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut once said, “Computers are robbing us of the ability to be human.” This was decades before personal computers, smartphones, Siri and artificial intelligence became a normal part of everyday life. Vonnegut looked into the future and didn’t like...
An American Villain

An American Villain

by | Feb 1, 2026 | Meditations

My country is enveloped in a miasma of fear, anger, hatred and cruelty and one deranged narcissist bears sole responsibility for it all. Like the villain in the Harry Potter books whose name dare not be spoken I too will not speak the name of this modern American...