This weekend’s column isn’t really about my old Pathfinder truck I drove for almost 25 years, but it does spin […]


This weekend’s column isn’t really about my old Pathfinder truck I drove for almost 25 years, but it does spin […]

As a fan of Young Sheldon, the brilliantly precocious little guy with a big brain who grows up to be […]

My second book of the year, Highland Views, is now available! This collection of 52 columns (one year’s worth) from […]

Now, that title is an attention-grabber, thank you very much! It came to me while writing a new column on […]

As the essays continue to flow, I’m pleased to announce the publication of the first collection of 2022: Beyond the […]

Margaret Renkl’s book, Graceland, at Last provided the menu for what I dish up in my column this week. Excerpt […]

Having served in the Interfaith world for many years, I look for these kinds of stories, the ones where diverse […]

This week’s column is on the Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh who passed away last week. His writings were […]

This weekend’s column shines a light on the illumination created by people who choose to act in more enlightened ways […]

Unto us a Sun is given! An early “Shining Solstice” to readers of Friendly Freethinker! A BBC article amazes us with […]

Not too long ago I created a small trail-building business on an island in the Pacific NW. Unfortunately, it didn’t […]

This week’s column (published on Saturday) takes a stroll into the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. Reading a […]