When The Madness Stopped

When The Madness Stopped

The horrific conflict in the Middle East. Russia. Ukraine. Iran. Climate crisis. Reproductive rights. Racism. Economic strife. Cultural unrest. Political rancor. Nonstop doom. Except. For a moment last week. A very brief moment. It stopped. Across a large swath of the...
Taking The Easy Way

Taking The Easy Way

I was out on the rock face at about 11,000′ enjoying the view. The climbing was fairly straightforward, and flowed easily, even though I didn’t know the way. My climbing partner was 100 yards below me and to my left in a narrow cleft.  He was trying a different...
Doom Porn

Doom Porn

Doom. All. The. Time. Everywhere it seems. From the talking heads; non-stop newsfeeds; streams of social media. Incessant spewing about the roiling of the markets, climate change, gun violence, racism, antisemitism, political upheaval. It can be overwhelming to be...
The Bears Are Up

The Bears Are Up

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. — Isaiah 43:19 The bears are waking up. That is what the local newspaper said. I’m guessing that’s...
Handcuffed To My Bed

Handcuffed To My Bed

Would that it were so! That might have been interesting. But alas… it was not my bed… I was handcuffed to work that was sucking my soul. I loved law school. The reading, the research, the classroom, the debates, the arguments. All of it. But within months of...