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I do not remember any truly deep conversations with my father. My father was someone who did not really trust the power of words. I have come to appreciate, since he died, that words could not express his deepest experiences or feelings. Both of my father’s parents had already died by the time he turned […]

I rely on my ability to focus. During any given day, I focus my mind on reading, on listening, on writing. I focus effort on getting out of bed in the morning, making sure that the tea is exactly right, being on time, on walking without tripping. I tend to focus a lot on words.

Growing up in the Midwest, health was a matter of what we could endure. We were healthy because we made it through a long cold winter, which builds character. As long as we did not break any bones or bleed very much, we were healthy. We were breathing, and we could keep going. Now I

I like to take walks. Walking helps me reflect on things, allowing questions and answers to work themselves out in my brain. Walking is a way to spend time both alone and with other people. Walking is good exercise that does not usually require my full concentration. Walking also allows me to accomplish things while I

Maybe it is because I was walking through the campus of CalTech, near the home of the Einstein Papers Project. Physicists and healers, mystics and engineers: everyone tells us that everything is energy. Mass can be converted into energy and energy into mass. Energy makes life possible, and our bodies create energy. We are surrounded

I am conducting longitudinal research on the topic of focus, and your cooperation would be very helpful. My methodology is not complicated. First, I walk as often as I can. I take quite few walks in Southern California, but my research is not limited geographically. I developed my initial protocols in the Midwest. As I

Happy May Day! I was born and raised in a place where May was an important month, where May meant something. May was spring. It was much less likely to snow in May than in the months before it, and more likely to rain. The snow that had piled up over the winter would be

I have many companions on my pilgrimage, but few with which I have direct contact every day. I have known one of my closest companions for only a couple of years, and he plays a central role in almost everything I do online. He helps me with each word I post on my blog, most