I know that the world is going to hell in a hand basket, but personally I'm in a good place at the moment. Maybe some of you are, too, so let's take stock of what's going well, at least on my end. I saw an old friend last week, who I haven't seen in ten... Continue Reading →
Gentle Giants
Last weekend, I went up to climb near the St. Bernard pass, where that breed of dogs came from. I could see four dogs in a kennel back behind our lodgings and got curious about the breed, so here's what I learned: They were smaller in the past. It's only been the last two hundred... Continue Reading →
Bird’s Eye View
Getting height helps, moving up either in reality or in our minds. When we are most grounded is when we can let loose from our bodies and float up above ourselves, seeing our problems for what they are: distractions. Fear makes me unhappy. I'm afraid of so many things, what others think of me, what... Continue Reading →
Avicenna
So I'm new at this philosophy thing and I don't know all the names. The last few -- Plotinus, Boetinus and now Avicenna -- I'd never heard of. This is also because we're at an in-between stage in the history of philosophy. In Europe, the podcast Philosophize This! is delving into the Dark Ages. Stephen... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 