I find myself unknowingly and ungraciously pigeonholing others who have pigeonholed me. I am ultimately a selfish human being. If I were...

The headline in the Madison County paper read: “Reading Minds May be Possible With New Brain Research Methods.” The article went on to...

The more of my heart someone holds, the less able I am to hear them, when they are in a phase of not liking me so much. If I listen long...

I have recently (as I often do) been wondering about death. Death has been a close companion my entire life. Having hemophilia will do...

Let’s pretend that you are attending a workshop. You are asked to participate in an exercise that asks you to take a selfie. A close-up...

I’ve been reading a lot about other species (not just other animals) all parts of our known universe, focusing especially about what they...

When I was a much younger man, I spent several weeks on the Navaho reservation, in a little town, called Chilchinbeto in the state of...

It was a “gentle” (no wind), clear blue, big sky, beautiful, sunshiny, Colorado morning when I walked into the local Home Depot. It had...

Recently I realized needed an altitude (not attitude) adjustment. So, I moved to Boulder, Colorado. No, seriously. I am a...

A friend of mine recently said, “I’d like to know exactly what goes through your mind.” I replied that it probably wouldn’t be that...

I was chatting with someone at the end of a recent workshop and in the middle of our conversation they blurted out, “You are amazing!” I...

I was more than a little puzzled. Yes, we had moved. From Nashville, Tennessee to Boulder, Colorado. Ok, they say that is one of the...

On the island of Kauai, there is a Noni Tree farm. The fruit of this tree is heralded as incredibly medicinal and curative. It is...

Each spring I have (what I guess is) this farmer urge to plant sweet corn and tomatoes. I've lived in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, South...

As a young man I learned the hard way about the phenomena known as the “speed wobble.” Take a motorcycle (or bicycle), add speed, a...

“How tall are you?” my friend, the doctor asked, looking up from the chart. “5’10”, I used to be 5’11”, I answered. “That doesn't sound...

There is a special place on this piece of land that I've been given the gift of being able to use. In the summer there is a little patch...

The Lakota greeting ‘Mitakuye Oyasin’, translated to ‘all my relations’ suggests that everything in the universe, human and otherwise is...

“Joe has entered hospice care”, the text message said. Though not a total surprise, I was surprised by the catching of a sob in my...

It was the summer of 2003. At the end of a very long week in Rochester, Minnesota. I was sitting in the office with my Mayo Clinic doctor...