Living Out Loud

Despite outward appearances, life can be difficult for everyone.

Compassionate people are my people and they are the ones who give our society any hope of greatness.

Making art is for everyone, not just the elite few, whether it's writing, drawing, singing or something else.

AMA - Morning Person or Evening Person? I am definitely a morning person. I don't always relish another work day, but I love the early hours of the day.

I don't feel well, but I AM NOT being a big baby about it.

Today on Ask Me Anything I describe the best musical experience of my life

I answer the question, "What is it you long for - a time, a place, a feeling?"

You can bring back anyone from the dead from any era, at any point of their life and for only one day. Who?

Ask Me Anything - Where (and when) would you go if time travel were real?

For the AMA challenge, today I answer the question "Has anyone had a profound impact on you?"

This is all I am capable of writing tonight. I've spent all day trying not to feel anything with little success.

If I could give advice to my 18-year-old self, this is what I'd tell me. If you're 18, read this and do it. Thank me later.

A 2003 Trip to Paris to Protest the War in Iraq Introduced Me to a Whole New World

Today's Ask Me Anything question is "What's an important lesson you've learned about relationships?"

If I could change one internal thing/pattern about myself, what would it be?

Question: Why do you have the politics you have today?

I don't like letting go of stuff because I might just need it one day.

Everything is decaying from the moment it is created, no matter how much we love it.

Some thoughts on those I've known who've stood out because of their selfless kindness.

Heading into my seventh decade, I ponder the things that happen to all of us with the advance of time.

Finding the right tool for something important to you can have a major impact on your life.

What life is like on the day before and the day of an ultramarathon 24-hour race for the racer and her one-man crew.

My tastes in books, music, art and film are all decidedly plebeian and I am alright with that.

The story of how I discovered the world's best pharmacist by being hard to get along with.

A trip from the beginning to the present of the various online communities I've taken part in over 30 years.

The type and amount of food consumed by hikers on the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trails is truly mind-boggling.

Some reflections on voting in the US presidential election of 2024

Try to quit making assumptions and quit feeling like you have to live up to them.

My favorite time to do anything is "not right now."

I found a letter I wrote to a homophobic friend 27 years ago and I reflect on what is different and what is the same in 2024.

For once, pop psychology gets it right. We are doing the best we can do with what we have to work with.

The blogs I like are building blocks of something beautiful and heartfelt, not optimized, market driven revenue generators

Being cautious is a survival skill. Being paranoid is just an annoying personality trait.

In what way do you like to be shown you are loved?

A weekend with the grandkids and Tae Kwon Do, a football game, piano practice, a corn maze, a music store, AYCE French fries and a movie. Is that all?