A personal reflection on why “Safety Third” creates stronger individuals and better societies — “We’ve heard your frustration with COVID, with the measures that are there to keep people safe.” — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the anti-mandate protesters in February 2022 “If the underlying value of risk minimization is not examined then the COVID regime will be permanent even if COVID is…

On the eve of November 27, 2021, I’m listening to a cover by my favorite band, Phish, of one of my favorite artists, Jimi Hendrix, on what would have been his 81st birthday as I compose a list of facts about me that, on some future eve, well, may have…

Poetry — The trees that mend us are tremendous in their splendor not mere timber but here to help us remember that we’re not so big in our britches Their branches stretching fractals to the sky skeletons on backbones called trunks that ground them

Note: This is part two of a three-part series where an average, middle-aged dude — me — tells you my step-by-step method for how I do each of the three aspects of the Wim Hof Method. Part one was about the breathing technique. …

It’s time we start taking the opportunity to hold hypocrites on “our” side to account so we really can Build Back Better — One of the main reasons I struggle to take many of the so-called “leaders of the free world” seriously on their opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the lack of self-awareness and self-reflection regarding the unjustified, illegal war against Iraq. I remember when the Ukraine invasion began I had…

Feeling into this historic moment and why love is the only answer worth giving — What happens next? I don’t know, you don’t know, nobody human knows. That’s one of the scariest aspects of being human. Apparently, it’s also one of the reasons aliens, also referred to as non-human intelligences (NHIs), feel jealous of us. At least that’s what I read in an amazing book…

In the not-too-distant future, an ancient storyteller dressed in a flowing robe exits his cozy cottage and walks toward the center of camp where his tribe awaits him. A home-cooked meal resting pleasantly in his belly, the storyteller hears…

A plea for your heart from an unvaxxed, imperfect white guy — “The war between good and evil is in reality an imposition of stupidity and simplicity over wisdom and complexity.” — Tyson Yunkaparta, “Sand Talks” If I’d left this essay un-edited, I fear my first sentence would have driven away every one of you that I most want to reach. So…