Listen to your life

Did you know that November 17 is officially “coping with uncertainty day”? There are many who feel it should be expanded to include a whole year. Uncertainty is so prevalent these days, maybe we really ought to recognize a “Coping with Uncertainty Century”. According to Paul Johnson in his book Modern Times, the modern world […]

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that concerns itself with the principle of beauty and artistic taste. The quintessential Japanese aesthetic is known as wabi-sabi: “Beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.” When the Japanese break something like a vase, they repair the crack by filling it in with gold. They believe something is more […]

What ride has the longest lines at an amusement park? It’s the roller coaster in all it’s manifestations. Why? It’s doggone exhilarating, that’s why. And it’s not for the faint of heart. You lurch forward in the cart your seated in, tightly secured by a safety strap, up an initial incline to the highest point […]