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...

My mother’s birthday is just a few days before Christmas. December 21st. Looking back, I am guessing the only time her birthday was a big...

There was a time about ten years ago when I, in my human form, came very close to not existing. Complications of a surgical procedure,...

I am standing in the foyer of a good friend’s home. There are 40 or 50 of us there. Songs are being sung in a language unfamiliar to me....

In the beautiful rolling hills of middle Tennessee, I have been given the use of over a thousand acres of old farmland. Creeks and...

I pass by a man on a tractor in the blazing sun, nearly 100 degrees today. Jungle levels of humidity. “Remember to take him a bottle of...

At age 26 my life had fallen apart despite having faithfully, very faithfully, followed the teachings of my culture, the traditional...

I’ve been asked that question a fair number of times over the last few weeks by people I know. I believe what they are asking me is what...

One of my favorite authors, Kent Nerburn, speaks of a moment in time when he was teaching young men and told them that he had been asked...

60-40 Prosocial Non-Prosocial 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The day had finally arrived....

Imagine that you are turning onto a street, a dead-end street, a long dead-end street, that has a number of houses on each side. Now,...

As a young man growing up in a mostly rural farming environment, I was always enthralled by the things that my grandfather, father,...