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Her
Whether it was random chance or the electron gods colluding between the apps on my phone, I’ll never know. I wasn’t excited about this business trip, so very unlike me, I didn’t pack until the night before my 6am flight. Very, very unlike me. The last thing I did racing the clock to bed was… Continue reading
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Late Summer Wildlife
I walk through an urban forest most every day. It is a paved bicycle path with tall trees and natural brush along the way. I am on my fourth season of doing so; I have walked it in 96 degrees Fahrenheit and in 18 inches of snow, as first footprints. I have marveled at the… Continue reading
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I’m Not Lonely
Last fall I joined a major university research project on emotions. It was administered via an app that was already on my phone from attending an executive course at that university earlier in the year, so it was easy. For eight consecutive weeks that eventually extended to twelve, twice a day I rated the degree… Continue reading
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Don’t Assume Malicious where Ignorance will Do
I keep reading about people in their 20s and 30s becoming estranged from one or more parent and that’s understandable, is their choice, and likely a very wise one. Where I diverge from them is I am not convinced all of these parents getting left behind are toxic, gaslighting, or narcissistic. I think there is… Continue reading
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Vegetarian off the Beaten Path
In 2013, I began discovering the knowledgeable vegetarian and vegan communities scattered in hidden parts of cities; often in places one may think twice about going. At that time, I had been a vegetarian for a decade and appreciated the creative ways people approached living without animal flesh. It’s hard enough to run a restaurant;… Continue reading
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Breaking the Habit
“I am not here to fix anyone. I am here to see them as they are.” Ram Dass Hi, I’m an over-functioning asshole. I probably would seem less of a jerk if I didn’t step into spaces I didn’t need to, but I have a baseline programming that makes me feel very unsafe when I… Continue reading
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Why I Love the DMV
No, not the Department of Motor Vehicles, though they are hard-working individuals with a minute-by-minute test in patience. I am referring to the National Capital Beltway area, also referred to as Washington DC Metro. The District of Columbia and adjacent portions of Maryland and Virginia form the DMV the locals know and love. It doesn’t… Continue reading
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So now What?
I feel like I have been on that old carnival ride that spins its riders around so fast their backs stick to the circular wall and then the bottom is dropped from below their feet. Centrifuge. Yes. That’s it. I’m not talking about the modern see-through ones decorated with lights and outfitted with safety features… Continue reading
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Nature, our Teacher
Go on a walk today and share a photo of something that catches your eye. This morning, I got to witness a phenomenon I hadn’t seen before. The overnight raindrops still held on individual tree leaves up high, were interrupted by the morning wind. As if falling from the sky, the wind displaced the raindrops… Continue reading
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I am glad you are here. If this is the first time you are visiting this site, the following is a quick orientation. To read a single-perspective account of a Family’s complicated history from old Hungary to the highly-nuanced United States, please look for chapter numbering (zero to nine); the chapters build on one-another in numerical order. No chapter is meant to be a standalone one. There are also titles without a chapter designation; those are short writings about a broad range of seemingly random topics. Thank You for arriving with lovingkindness.
