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Latest — 15 Jan 2026

Ins and Outs

The opening line from the book, Nothing to be Frightened Of, by Julian Barnes, is this: I don't believe in God, but I miss Him. It's a sentence—and sentiment, too—that comes to my mind a couple of times a year, although never in terms

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Years Begin, Years End

What matters lies in between “You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life” ― John Irving, The World

What Me Am I

Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats. — George Orwell I came across this quote in the opening pages of I

Change My Mind?

Well, Maybe Just This Once: A Follow Up to Why I Decided to Publish My Novel Online In December 2022 I wrote a piece about my decision to publish my novel, The Dead Lion, online. The reasons I gave back then for doing so concerned maintaining creative control, making an

Gone Yesterday, Here Today

Hi there and happy Labor Day! In a time where the ideas of strength, prosperity and well-being are being re-written to apply only to some, not everyone, I hope you find on this occasion the chance to recognize and give tribute to your own contributions and achievements toward a better

A Future Forged in Fire

The Endearing (and awesome) Lava Flows of Mount Etna I've been reading a lot about nature lately. One speaks to the universal kind found out there under the big blue sky. Think trees and bodies of water. Overall our engagement with these environments is on the decline, but

This Cruelty of Climate

Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented. — Gilbert K. Chesterton So here we are, back in Sicily now these past couple of months, trying our best to return to

After The Camino

On How To on Surrender to Longing, Forge Meaningful Purpose and Find Your Place in the World When Contentment May Lie in Spending Every Waking Moment Just Walking From One Place to Another I’ll admit it, finishing the Camino has left me in a mental state of uncertainty. Both

The Camino

Hola, just a short hello from the Camino de Santiago. We are, as of this morning, on day nine of thirteen and while our time as pilgrims has been nothing short of amazing—hard and sometimes easy, dry and sometimes wet, uphill and downhill, thought provoking and mind-numbing, already whenever

Pausing, Pilgrim Style

“We have two lives. The second begins the day we realize that we have only one.” – Confucius A few days from now, Franca and I will begin walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. For anyone not familiar (here’s an entertaining film you’ve probably already seen about it)

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