For many years, Samuel Taylor State Park in Marin County, California was a sanctuary for me. Beautiful saunters through fern […]
Sympathetic Shoves
This weekend’s column isn’t really about my old Pathfinder truck I drove for almost 25 years, but it does spin […]
Quantum Church
As a fan of Young Sheldon, the brilliantly precocious little guy with a big brain who grows up to be […]
Ise Jingu
This coming weekend my “Highland Views” column highlights the fascinating Ise Jingu temple in Japan. Built with wooden dowels instead […]
1619 & 1776
I’m reading The 1619 Project. I’d heard some of the controversy about the NYT project and saw the authors had […]
Old Ferries, New Ships
This weekend’s column weaves an image from colonial history with an interfaith musical event and an old ferryboat … Look […]
Highland Views
My second book of the year, Highland Views, is now available! This collection of 52 columns (one year’s worth) from […]
Writing for Generations
From 19 to 90 … Such a good feeling to share some of my most recent books with college students […]
Just a Tad
We’re keeping an eye on the pond tadpoles. So far the herons, snapping turtles and raccoons haven’t discovered them.
Burroughs Essay (part two)
The second part of my essay on naturalist and freethinker John Burroughs has been published in the Freethought Society newsletter: […]
The Faithful Atheist
Now, that title is an attention-grabber, thank you very much! It came to me while writing a new column on […]
Eleanor’s Wisdom
Reading the always excellent articles in Church and State (Americans United for the Separation of Church and State) I came […]
Friendly Freethinker 