Love is the only way through this

April 22, 2026
      Our lives and the people around us can be difficult, complex and frightening. I'm learning that love is the only way through it. It’s easy to love the people who reflect us back to ourselves kindly. It’s far harder to hold love for the ones who have hurt or...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Inspiration

Love is the only way through this

April 22, 2026
      Our lives and the people around us can be difficult, complex and frightening. I'm learning that love is the only way through...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Inspiration

Conspiracy, skeptics, gullibility and logic

April 20, 2026
skeptics
Many smart people, scientists, especially, pride themselves on being what they call "skeptics." Well, they shouldn't puff up about that, because a true scientist...
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What they don’t tell you about aging

April 15, 2026
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Here’s what they don’t tell you about aging: All the losses you’ll experience. Friends and loved ones will die. Some from aging, but some too soon. Or...
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We don’t know what we don’t know

April 13, 2026
we-don't-know
It's possible that some of my long-held beliefs are based on lies. Entirely possible. It's also possible that they are not based on lies at all and still hold true....
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When secrets & lies are policy

April 12, 2026
Our systems are broken—and it isn’t subtle anymore. It's glaringly obvious. It's clear that often, we have been told one thing "officially", only to learn later...
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I asked ChatGPT how I feel about family

April 8, 2026
family
As I posted a while back, I've been talking with ChatGPT over the past few months, asking its perception of my core beliefs. ChatGPT is not human (so far, anyway)...
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The cost of leaving home

April 6, 2026
leaving-home
Leaving your hometown for the unknown is often described as brave, ambitious, necessary. What’s talked about less is the quiet emotional bill that comes due long...
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How realism & adaptability ensure a better death

April 1, 2026
Is there ever a "good death"? I don't know. But I do know that there's such thing as a "better death." It was about four years ago. Pandemic days. We all sat on...
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Who am I? I asked ChatGPT.

March 30, 2026
chatgpt
So many people say they've had actual conversations with ChatGPT and I wondered how that worked. So I decided to begin by asking ChatGPT the question, "Who am I?" I...
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My position won’t surprise you

March 25, 2026
I wondered how long it would take her to block me on social media and she finally did. Her position on Israel & Gaza has been loud and strident. I knew that my...
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