White Feather Archive Index
All my stuff in one place
Easy access to it all. I joined Medium in August of 2015 and have published well over a thousand stories, articles, and poems. Instead of scrolling and searching for hours here is a convenient list of everything I have published on Medium. Thanks for reading.
Fiction
(Scroll further down for non-fiction and click here for my Poetry Archive)
Dropping the Ball
And floating away
The Weekly Beach Dance
It’s a group thing
The Sound of Silence
And the sound of water
An Atypical Fire Drill
Kids say the weirdest things
Breaking Couch News
From the Twisted News Network
Doing Stuff
A weird winner
Farmer Joe
And why he shaved his head
Doctor Scrambler
Genius or snake oil salesman?
The Fruit Weirdo
And the little red wagon
Plugged In
The internet as an energy source
The Light of One’s Path
A tale of surrender
A Two Moon Encounter
Experiencing Her in the water
The Moment World War III Began
An in-depth historical investigation
Parameters of Funny
A delightful human contagion
Weather or Not
The weather girl and the weather guy
Community Service
Punishment or compulsion?
The Truth About Santa Claus
A story about Little Kathy’s bike
When Civilizations Collapse
And new ones begin
A Pint of Joy
Walking the urban asphalt
Palmer’s Horrifying Demise
A brave act of adventure
The Big No-thing
Romance under the stars
The Naked Woman
What was missing?
A Morning Ruined
Or was it?
Belly Singing
Penetrating music
Tree Spooner
Going beyond handshaking
Thin Rectangular Boxes
A dystopian horror comedy
The Happiest Dude
Who just did not fit in
Meditating With Cats
Finding the right frequency
The Pink Bicycle
And the joy it could bring
Seeing the Beauty and Love
It’s so easy to forget
Selling Paragraphs in Envelopes
A radical concept
The Laughing Saint
Bernie pays a visit to Sal’s town
The Boss’s Blip
Or was it something far more severe?
A Witch Doctor Divorce
Looking through the fire
Another Wonderful Glorious Day
The story of an irritating boy
The Adamolar Death Ray
A fantasy tale of epic proportions
Magic Finger Superpower
The tragic tale of a loving boy
Getting the Window Seat
To some it is very important
Awakening From a Fourth of July Dream
The horror was very real
Can Laughter Change Math?
Can we see beyond numbers?
Relationship Temperatures
When thermostats get in the way
When the Cycles Turned
Change suddenly happened
The Twins
And their parents
Downtown Stroll
Death of a way of life
Amazing Discovery
New therapy changes life as we know it
Changing Vibrations
Encounters at Sunset (Microscopic Fiction Series #3)
Dance Partner
Microscopic Fiction #2 (Microscopic Fiction Series #2)
The Gift of Honey
Happiness in paradise
M and W
Just talking
A Different Door
Microscopic Fiction (Microscopic Fiction Series #1)
Lingering Vibes
One woman’s superpower
The Pizza Break-up
When food ended a relationship
Blessings of Life
The pond and beyond
Rock Hugging
Getting intimate with Gaia
Couch Potato
Furniture that kills
The Third Soul
Conversations with his mother
The Outlaw
Who rarely committed crimes
A World Without Right Angles
Is that the secret?
Jaspar’s Writing Gig
Selling stories on the freeway on-ramp
Animal Restaurant
The boy who fed animals
The Village Mute
And what might have happened to him
A Group Meeting
Concerning a divergence
The Fort
And the battles fought
The Changing of Thumbs
Inspired by flowers and thumbs
Sitting at the Window
Waiting for the sun
Frustrated Leadership
Unplanned for solidarity
The Hermit On the Mesa
And a growing global movement
The Great Epiphanyvirus
A new pandemic spreading like wildfire
A National Emergency
Quick response from the President
Just Another Ordinary Guy
Changing the program
The Stupid Writer
A tough day at the office
Skipping and Writing
A solution to the blank page?
The Joy Cabal
A very different kind of intrigue
The Taco Kart
A friend’s revolutionary business idea
Smoke Break
Success As a Waitress
Looking For Peace
On a planet at war
The Day It Finally Rained
Can you feel it?
Treasure Hunters
Finding treasure and moving on
The Hunter and the Bear
A tragic day in the snow
Sylvia and Ramon
And their perfect love
Conversation With an Idiot
Inside a noggin: A discussion about dancing
When Women Get Together
Things change
When the Universe Interrupts
It’s time for adventure
The Spanish Galleon
My short Taino life
Joy In Motion
What do you want to be when you grow up?
The Horrifying Writer’s Contest
Why the heck did I enter?
Gretel the Grammar Snob #8
Making the world better one sentence at a time
The Ketchup Fiasco
How a girl’s life was ruined
The Stink Terrorists
And how they stunk out a billionaire
Watching Him Kiss Another Woman
When love turns into war
Procession
Searching for safety and home
The Drifter
And her story
A World Without Success
Can there be joy?
Billionaire Blues
Can anyone help me?
Homecoming Queen
A girl who almost ruined everything
Sidewalk Art
Sociological neighborhood dynamics
Remembering
And forgetting
Fear of Flying
And an unconventional healing
Revenge Christmas
Flying high
The Dreaded Holiday Visit
Clearing the family cache
Sandcastles
A walk on the beach
An Unruly Girl
And what her parents went through
The Boy Who Slept Outside
And the family that missed him
Mass Hysteria in Maysville
An invasion of tourists and the army
The BTCEJ Sandwich
The art of having a pleasant day
The Journal
A trip through the darkness and back
Arguing Over Ugly
And making beautiful women smile
An Almost Typical Morning
Until something weird happened
A Girl In Paradise
There are no rainbows on the moon
Permission
Squeezing juice out of a rainbow
Party Resolution
A recluse begins a list
Bartholomew’s Thumbs
What world do you live in?
Location, Location, Location
And mojo
Getting Out of the River
Leaving the city
Sit Up Straight!
The Swami will see you now
What Not to Say at Office Meetings
The story of an accidentally successful author
Double Dare
Releasing fear through water and air
The Owl and the Hot Tub
Harbinger of change
Noggin Sponges
Fear, hate and ice cream
What Happened to the Kids?
When joy turned into fear
Looking Up
A world connected by sky
Making a Macho Man Cry
One of the highlights of my writing career
The Glacier
And the pilot light
The Award
Time to put the shoes on
Pumpkin Pie Tradition
When it used to mean something
Six Days in a Bomb Shelter
What is the opposite of doom and gloom?
Avoiding the Void
Acid corroding the heart
Emails From the Universe
A profound life-changing cyber anomaly
A Change of Purpose
A day in the life of a powerful woman
Murmuration
A dance of life
Snooze Button Sam
On the set of a sitcom
The Town and the Sea
A moment caught between the two
The Seekers Club
When someone quits
An Unlikely Hero
The old woman who cooked
Burger Joint Happiness
A meeting of two old friends
An Idea In One’s Pocket
It makes everything better
Visiting ‘The Field’
Where Selena went every day
The Laughter Fit
It was very, very scary
The Girl Named Happy
And the story of Mojo Valley
Tegucigalpa
And the kitten
The Group of Nine
And the circle of rocks
The Love Bomb Experiments
Have you tried it?
Going Beyond the Noise
A mouse in the house
The Girl With Auburn Hair
Falling in love at the ballpark
Lookout Point
Views and vibes
Backwards Billy
And the noggin doctor
Let the Halloween Stories Begin
It’s not too early is it?
Bennie: An Alien Among Us
And his mission on Earth
The Language of Trees
Can you hear it?
The Sound of Geese Landing On Water
A park bench conversation
The Woman in Another Dimension
And the rolling of eyes
The Annual Hill Race
Plus a different kind of race
Little Joey
And his writing dream
The Boy Who Would Not Sing
And the man whose voice saved everyone
Sheer Lunacy
To experience it go outside
Headley in the Rear-view Mirror
Direction and wind with no destination
Every Book Ever Written
The biggest library in the Universe
The Fool on the Hill
Transcending the city
Alfred the Butt Thief
A despicable bum and his job
The Cave
And the valley
Pedro
An artist in search of faces
Living in Boxes
The desert warrior and the writer
Railroad Crossing
A spell finally broken
Remembering Alimaka
A joyful tale of trans-dimensional teamwork
The Chariot and the Oracle
Getting grounded the hard way
Knocking at the Door
The life-shattering knocking at the door!
Ogre Mountain
Taking the side road
The Prince Who Yelled Into the Wind
And the heavens which responded
Walking Softly
Going beyond observation
The Sarcophagus
And the little girl
Magnetic Pole Dancing
It happens
That Guy
Encounter on a street corner
Ghost Walk
Invisibility interrupted
Five Days at the Petting Zoo
A windfall of joy
Feelings From the Future
Glimpses of a different home
Cold Turkey
When writing is an addiction
Cheesecake
Two women and a puzzle
Studying for the Force
He had to pass the test
The Miracles of the Singing Girl
Witnessing inexplicable miracles
Hero Single Mom
The day the car died
Caught in the Act
Cheating via typewriter
Runners and Walkers
A morning routine shattered
Three Single Women
And a non-sexual dude
Lunchtime Buzzkill
Upheaval at the Chinese Restaurant
The Girl and the Dog
And the village they saved
Paying the Rent
And going with the flow
How to Hide Money
A self-help tutorial
Tanner’s Brilliant Idea
To change the world
Noggin Jukebox Syndrome
A baffling case
Cigarettes and Peaches
A strange discussion about direction
Frisbee Fun
Two boys on a quest
The Epiphany Fire
Coming out of depression
Storms and Sticky-notes
When gratitude finally arrives
The Burly Man and the Little Boy
And thoughts on motherhood
All the World’s a Stage
And timing is important
Walking the Goat
On a hot summer day
Typing in Our Sleep
A revolutionary idea for writers
Stationary Bike
Fighting or transcending?
The Weather Complainer
Do you know someone like this?
Broken Heart
What it must feel like
The Fighting Couple
And the neighborhood they ruined
Taking Pictures Without a Camera
Persons A and B discuss the possibilities
The President’s Final Speech
Opening the door to change
Little Simon’s Ball
Fear, courage and love
The Sanctuary Room
And the very different morning
The Garlic Freak
Warding off a personal demon
The Stink
That only one person enjoyed
Group Discussion
Atypical chit-chat
Reunion Blues
Not going back
Headed For an Eruption
A mountain full of joy
The Old Man on the Street Corner
And his sign which no one read
Love in a Rowboat
Another wet love story
Panties on the Beach
The rain was coming down hard!
Shanda Went to See a Psychic
(But don’t tell anyone!)
A Different Kind of Fear
Feeling something imminent
Arbor Exhilaration
The birth of a park
Finding the Source
A journey through rock, water and sound
Irene’s Love the Earth Hike
And what it turned into
Burnt Toast
The terrible, rotten, miserable day
Springtime Love Games
What happens when the lilacs bloom
Human Watching
A power line with a view
Euphoria Street
Walking through paradise
Two Farmers in Michigan
And the invention that made them rich
The Story of the Sun People
And their monuments
Two Different Worlds
Separated by a pillow
A Little Spider Story
How do you react to spiders?
Willow Branches
Childhood adventures with the Great Mother
Throwing Rocks
What happened one day out at the lake
The Civilization Pioneers
Building a civilization from scratch
Bongos
And the playground of life
Uncle Fletcher
And the song he forced kids to sing
Jalapenos and Motorcycles
When Stacy showed Penny her garden
A Visit to the Psychic
And her 9 cats (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 9)
The Trouble With Hats
The beginning and end of the relationship
The Mystery of the Crying Woman
And the curse of Puesta del Sol Canyon (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 8)
The Day the Solar Panels Arrived
And all metal was removed from near the vortex (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 7)
The Day the Park Benches Arrived
And the first time Lucas saw the crying woman (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 6)
Lunch at the Rattlesnake Diner
The plans for disappearing (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 5)
The Lay of the Land
The day the accountant showed up (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 4)
Staring Into the Eyes of a Mountain Lion
And releasing all fear
The First Time Steve Showed Up
And Lucas thought he would be all alone (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 3)
A Place to Live and Die
Lucas Winslow, the tree whisperer (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 2)
The Smiling Office Angel
A tale of non-conventional office culture
The Couple Who Could Not Sit Still
Sex without borders
Being the Comfort
On comfort zones and nails
The Empty Field of Peace
A different kind of battle outcome
Nostalgia and Horror
And a cup of coffee to go
Gifts From Herself
A day filled with new things
The Christmas Eve Olfactory Terrorist Attack
More attacks are planned
Longing For a Different World
Love and adventure underground
The Friendly Show
S1, E1 — The Tamale Lady
An Empire Released
By the woman who changed it
Saving a Small Town
The old-fashioned way
Logan’s Walk
When it’s hard to move your legs
The Silent Teacher
Who may or may not still be alive (A Lucas Winslow Story — Episode 1)
Encounter With a Pickup Truck
Finding warmth in a cold world
The Great Turkey Fiasco of ‘65
Everyone’s memory of that Thanksgiving was different
Snowy Creek Motel
The tale of room number 9
The Wheelchair in the Swamp
A shocking discovery made by kids riding bikes
A Final Tree-hug
A big city good-bye
Story Deluge
It’s really coming down
Having Coffee With the Boyfriend
It was in no way a normal date
Teenage Girl in the Forest
What happened on the way home from school
The Cow and the Mosquito
And their diabolical plan!
The Baggage Wagon
How much are we hauling around from life to life?
How a Bird Changed Samantha’s Life
Helping her to break out of her zone
The Excuses Experiment
And the astonishing results
When Gavin Greeley Died
A flash tale of indifference in the workplace
The Ending and the Beginning
On the cusp of change
A Clean Slate
Moving across the country
Singing For Grandpa
Singing it forward
A Falling Leaf
Experiencing childhood musical trauma
When the Geese Fly
Prayers in a season of change
When Hummingbirds Attack
Four Santa Clauses walk into a bar
The Love Cabin
Not exactly the trip to the mountains they had expected
The Productivity Rule
Expansion and scale. Quantity over quality.
The Great San Francisco Wall
And the Great San Francisco Purge. A dystopian tale set in 2030.
Never-ending Catastrophe
Not your typical day at the park
The Angel and the Pier
And the waters of humankind
A Painter’s Forest
And how the painter’s life changed
Canyon Music
Soul connections to land
Family Meeting
When Grandma shared her news
The New Job
The freaking new job!
Finding Peace
At the end of conflict
The Whooping Crane Saga
A crazy story about talking birds and women who wear hats
The Woman Who Got Arrested
And the women who followed her
The Woman Who Laughed a Lot
It drove her husband cuckoo bananas
The Man Who Followed People
We all need a hobby
Longing For Paradise
Seeking renewal at the lake
Living on a Volcano
The importance of sitting around a campfire
Fighting Over Dead Celebrities
Or, ‘How To Ruin a Marriage’
The Best Ice Cream Ever
A story about freedom
Rain Music
Wet trans-dimensional auditory portals
King of the Hill
A Capitalist playground story
The Little Green Puppy
A bedtime story for humans
The Hand Holders
A radically different kind of love
What You Resist, Persists
A flash short story about an old farmer named Yulka
The Gas Station
Remembering the future
The Avenue
Artful jaywalking
Wally and His Lesbian Cousin Wendy
Over forty years later…
Writer’s Rehab
The first day of the rest of a writer’s life
Pompous Angels
And the planet that sucks them in
Deathbed Epiphany
Thirty years of forgiving others was not enough
Retracing His Steps
A journey leading back to the present
The Drunken Baseball Psychic
A story from the baseball twilight zone
The Girl Who Started an Art Revolution
And forever changed Athena Falls, Iowa
Full Moon in Costa Rica
A jeep, a goat, a full moon, and a trip to the shaman’s house
God’s Mirror
Awakening with a full bladder
A Certain Field of Dreams
A story about some weary travelers, a real estate agent and an energy vortex
The Death of a Rose Bush
And a home from the past
The Bay
The story of Rolina and the piano player
The Backwards Tale of Two Track Stars
And a frustrated master of ceremonies
That Damn Moon!
The frustrating journey of a misogynist
The Virginity Deadline
The day Marcus Crawley tried to become a man
Colder Than a….
A little boy goes for a walk in subzero temperatures
Benjanu
The story of a city-dweller and wild hyenas
Saving the Planet
A story about a computer geek, a junkie and an encounter at Dairy Queen
Santa Claus In a Pickup Truck
When Christmas turned sideways
The Goddess Within Her
And the light flowing out of her
Tribe of One
Jeremy just didn’t get it. This is his story
Ephemeral Beaches
The pendulum and the archaeologist
The Clothes of Our Perceptions
Gerard gets naked
Road Trip With a Dog
Oh! The incredible joy! The excitement!
Meadow of Silence
A place for listening
Repeatedly Mending a Broken Heart
What is the connection between music and love
The Purple Planet
A tale about some bored Gods
Houseplant Apocalypse
A plant-based near-death experience
Javier’s Aversion to Scarves
Love and resistance across centuries
Hanging Laundry
A story about mountains and socks
A Disgusting Halloween Story
Pizza delivery and trick-or-treaters
The Handkerchief and the Geese
Unstoppable tears
Snooze Button Man
And his beautiful mouth
Annie and the Train
Moving past the past
How to Trigger a Nuclear Explosion
The instructions go viral
Road Trip With an Angel
A short story about fun, fun, fun!
Rosalinda and the Psychic
The revelation of a kiss
The Blonde in the Red Sports Car
A sexy birthday story
Life’s a Beach
And then you cry (A morning at the beach that will make you smile.)
57 Chevy
A short trip into childhood
Valley of Visions
What the hell was I doing in California?
Feather Mojo
The death of an invincible warrior
Sonny and Talia
Cars, women, sex, violence, and erectile dysfunction
Gerghus
And his Airstream trailer
Refrigerator Nazi
Terror at the dinner table
Serial Killer at Large
The case of the mysterious salt shakers
The Old Man and His Snippers
How an entire neighborhood was affected
Tipping is Not a City in China
The writer versus the musician
Running With Ideas
It was a matter of urgency
Running Away From Battle
Will war ever end?
The Dog’s Water
Epiphany at the liquor store
Stepping On Legos
When siblings become writers
The Bookstore and the Feather Duster
Eddie’s bookstore experience
The Notebook and the Vomit
A writer’s story
Family Pandemonium
The hole, the bird, the cat, and the wolf-dog
Performance Anxiety
The horrifying moments just before the big concert
The Harmonica
The gift of love and music
Tribal Scenarios
A story about sub-soul-group A22 and the land where people forget
The Snowy Mountain
A story about knocking on doors
Know It All
Playground conversation goes awry
Past-life in Japan
A story about a man who kept running away
The Doorknob Bromance
A story about friendship
A Life-changing Cup of Coffee
It was cold and Roger needed a cup of joe
Novels and Serializations
Wind Chime Bandit (A short series)
Part 1: A Fitzpatrick/Rosario Police Thriller
Part 2: Dealing With a Global Threat
Part 3: Conclusion: Busted!
Castaway Writer (A short series)
Part 1: Life On a Deserted Island
Part 2: The Other Side of the Island
Part 3: The Volcano
Girlie (A short series)
Part 1: My One and Only Dog-sitting Gig
Part 2: The Second Best Job I Ever Had
Part 3: When My Paradise Vacation Ended
Part 4: The One-word Letter
Bernadette’s Rainbow Adventures (A novel)
Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7
The White Pelican Bookshop Chronicles (Short stories)
Episode 1: Writing On Water
Episode 2: The Young and the Old (Coming sometime maybe)
Non-Fiction
Are You Still Opening Doors?
Are you blowing your mind?
The Ice Age Has Begun
Ice cream sales plummet
America’s Holy Land
Loving rocks on Turtle Island
Serendipitous Joy
Stitching together time and destiny
Eating Standing Up
And other eating disorders
When Eskimos Change Into Their Shorts
And one’s muse skips town
Prostitution and Divorce
And the difference between exchange and unconditional love
A Little Dolphin Story
A mojo-filled birth
We Are the Cosmos
Finding and living life
Shirley MacLaine’s Beard
Another celebrity encounter
Noggin Massage
Try it
White Feather
What my name means to me
One Trump-free Month (The Big Disconnect — Part One)
Leaving then returning to the internet
Thinking About Meg Ryan
And human feet
When Houseplants Complain
It is important to listen
The Missing Jacket
And Jerry Seinfeld’s closets
The Cookies and the Snowstorm
Was Martha Stewart watching?
Enchanted Book Day
Experiencing the mojo
A Dinosaur in a Briefcase
Challenges of gift-giving
New Year’s Visualization
What I am going to do
Solstice Joy
Best wishes from a solar freak
Good Mornings
How do you start your days?
Returning to the Scene of the Joy (Dispatches From a Big Move #2)
To remember how I manifested change
Chasing the Sunrise (Dispatches From a Big Move #1)
Or running away from the sunset?
Asking Questions
Calling forth answers
We Are Broadcasters
What frequency are we using?
Snow Dance
Dancing with Ma Nature
Opening the Door to Radical Change
That can happen very quickly
Physicality is an Attitude
That keeps us separated from our true self
A World Without Privacy
Dangerous precedents at Medium and elsewhere
A Weirdo Who Hugs
And the world that hugs him back
Brown-gray Skies
What do you see and feel?
Echo Chamber
Echoes coming from everywhere
Exploding Planets
And flying excrement
Active and Passive Seeing
Have you seen paradise lately?
A Warning About Tree-hugging
How Mother Nature kept me indoors this morning
Fire, Snakes, and Locusts
A summer in Madrid, New Mexico
Entrepreneurial Heat Wave
Climate change deniers not welcome
Stubbing My Toe on a Mushroom
Community update from White Feather
Whoopjamboree Alert
What are your plans?
Johnny Peach Pit
The hero that I want to become
Mojo Resonance Factor
Free business advice that works
Waves, Cycles, and Windows
And letting go of fear
Planetary Imaginings
What do you imagine?
Taos Valley Sage
Olfactory nirvana calling me home
Seeing the Future
Have you ever tried it?
Retarded Retirement
The woes of a slow learner
Misogyny and Misandry
And endless teeter-totter?
Finding Our Life Spark
And unconditionally loving ourselves into existence
International Food Advice
Take it from me
Car Show and Milk
Usually I never think about cars or milk
Let’s Do Everything Differently
Let’s create instead of reacting from fear
Forgetting Who We Are
So that we can remember who we are
Rabbits, Children, and an Old Man
The beginnings of a world movement?
The Mother-in-law Taboo
In old Native American cultures
The Stink of Death
A very foul odor
My Racist Mother
And the riot in Washington
Suck Travel
Is it an option?
Turmeric, Mangos, Honey, and Dirt
Warning: The Surgeon General does not recommend this
Little Grazers
Getting in trouble with their mama
Stupid People
Can we love them?
My Father, the Teacher?
One of his fondest memories
Distancing
Good, bad, or ridiculous?
Once Upon a Time…
A different ‘first line’ game
The Diving Board
Questions and games
My Dad and Paul McCartney
Teenage freakout
Wind
Transitoriness?
Touching Mommy
We all need to do it
Air Conditioned Words, Part 2
A shocking electrical turn of events
Air Conditioned Words
Thinking about cave living
New York City Vibes
Feeling at home? What do you smell?
Six Pots on a Porch
Pretend gardening
Diners With Windows
And mountains with mojo
The Time My Mother Killed a Toad
It forever impacted me
Do This Before Meditating
It involves the feet
Letting Go of Words
Relearning a different language
The Ice Age is Coming!
The ice age is coming!
Blabbering Instead of Writing
Beards, masks, and legal pads
Wild Animals Everywhere
Lambs lying down with lions
Yearning For Purple
And getting impatient
Going Vegan
Curing a hot dog addiction
Human Lungs
An organ that is not just inside us
Happy Paradise Day
Celebrating the planet we are part of
The Day Before the Big Day
Still figuring out what to do
Human Evolutionary Advancement
DoodleApril prompt: Technology
Corona Contemplations
When a noggin is isolated at Easter
A Great Time For Change
Whether forced or self-initiated
Getting Close to Silence
Lawn mowers and motorcycles
Happy Naked Feet
Connecting to our mother
The Pacifist Demon
That I live with
The Asparagus Prompt
Fond memories of springtime
Wolf Water
Teachings of my soul-mate
The Moon Cannot Be Quarantined
No matter how hard we try
Epiphany Dance
I am definitely infected
Going Beyond Words
Going beyond expression
Distancing
And de-distancing
A Very Happy Day
Today is special
Talking Her Down Off the Ledge
The current importance of communication
It Is Like Cocaine
But not as expensive
Finding a Husband in Kindergarten
It happens
Grocery Store Panic
Fear going viral
Taking a Leap
Instructions for Leap Day
Sniffing Orchids
To attain enlightenment
Answering Questions
About simultaneous selves
Simultaneous Selves
Thinking differently about reincarnation
Sweatpants
A different yet delightful day
The Dream Printer
Would someone please invent this
Oscars Schmoscars
My 50+ years of Oscar memories
Jim Carey Loves Mangoes
And he’s not the only one
Directing Change
The morning after
Groundhog Day Euphoria
How do you celebrate this holiday?
Going Outside
Are you ready?
The Education of a Bible Thumper
When the Jehovah’s Witnesses come a -knockin’
Is There Really a Deserted Island?
And have you been there?
Pretending
How good at it are we?
Paradigm Shift
It can be a slow process
The Inner Comedian
The importance of keeping it alive
Unrealistic Fantasies
Can they happen?
Those Darn Planets
Timing is everything
The Fountain of Youth
And the empty vessel
So Many Answers
Trying to remember the questions (A day of epiphanies)
Horseback Riding At Night
What could it mean?
Celebrating the Wobble
For me a sad/happy day
Shawnee the Bookstore Dog
My best friend in the whole world
A Handful of Silliness
(The end of the month)
Daily Travel Adventure
No passport required
When Lesbians Taught Me To Fish
And the idea they gave me
Loving Our Bodies
We are responsible for their evolution
Great Blue Heron Summer
And an epidemic subsiding
Can Humans Eat Corn?
What if it’s a tradition?
My Mother’s Typewriter
The beginning of a relentless obsession
Even More Tagging
Should we call this place, Tagium?
Tagmania
Twice so far today…
Infinity Doors
Opening them and stepping through
Imprinting With Joy
Footprints leading us home
Our Creative Journey
Learning how infinitely powerful we are
Perfect Gifting
There is hope for the world
She Throws Like a Boy
The mystery of the Vinny Castilla baseball
Pushing the Envelope
It takes dedicated training
Critical Mass
Searching for peace in all the wrong places
Separation Issues
The challenge of healing
Cosmic Drano
Releasing blockages
The Battle Between Happy and Sad
Finding peace
Opening the Door
Prompting your self
Finding Balance In All the Right Places
How balanced is your balance?
I Made a New Friend Today
And I don’t ever know her name
Getting Rid of Music
Getting ready for the big sale
Going Beyond Learning
And entering a new paradigm
The Leaf Sweeper
What was the Universe showing me?
The Twenty-five Cent Man
The true story of a cheapskate
Cowboy Boots
And autumnal euphoria
Going Full Greta
I don’t know if I can do it
The Christmas Tree Police
Where are they when you need them?
No Such Thing As Ugly
Finding the pearl
Everything Ended Yesterday
It was a very sad day
Reading Headlines On Medium
Endless joy in simply scrolling
Butterfly Kisses
And a bug invasion
Elevation Rumination
How would you react?
Peter Piper Paradox
Erroneous Alliteration
Energy Flow
And directing that flow
Long Pants
A human and animal packed day
What If You Were a Tree?
How different would your life be?
Enlightenment Through the Nose
Or how to know it is autumn
Umbrellas and Sunscreen
Being fearless about what comes out of the sky
Vitamin J
Are you getting enough?
Opa the Bread Thrower
Food as performance art
Complications
On the timing and orchestration of events
The Big Change
It’s coming!
Odessa Memories
Another old neighborhood hit
Perpetual Motion
The significance of curiosity
Car Dancing
Music of a special summer
Limelight
Written in the Stars?
The L Word
How often do you say it?
Eight Billion Stars
Can you see them?
Decade-ology
A study in linear time
Jumping For Joy
Is there any better reason to jump?
Voice Box
Where is yours?
When Summer Was a Vacation
Enlightenment through peaches
Incompatible
Pickles and chocolate
Can Joyism Replace Terrorism?
And what do hot dogs have to do with it?
An Incomplete Sentence
Shell-shocked with nothing to offer
My New Roommate
With a bizarre sexual fetish
Sprinkly
Diary of an Earthling
The Gift of Anxiety
And what it can lead to
El Paso Memories
Views of the heavens?
Beaten Up By Little Girls
How I managed to survive
Revisiting the Sacred
Transcending time and space
Itty Bitty Tomato
Small is beautiful
Getting Better
Birds, bunnies, lions, water and the moon
Eyebrow Dandruff
Is that even a thing?
Texas Tarantula Terror
I did a horrible, horrible thing
Smoking Pot in the Bathroom
I was stupid
Seeing Through the Veils
And living in constant joy
The H2O Metaphor
The missing part of the equation
Barefoot in the Park
Being a conduit for healing, universal forces
Mexican Heaven
Small things can bring such great joy!
The Introvert/Extrovert Dial in Our Noggin
What is your dial set at?
Hitler is Reborn
Right here in America
The Fourth of July
Why it is my least favorite holiday
Magic Carpet Cleaner
On the incredible power of beauty
Hair
What does it really mean to you?
The Judge
Every writer’s archenemy
The Art of Slow Reading
Tibet is in Asia!
Psychic Baseball
Reaching out to a young boy
Illusions of Separation
Bloom!
Shooting For the Moon
Is there a lunar algorithm?
Intuition
What does it have to do with our bellies?
Funerals in Nature
Are humans the only ones who do that?
The Enchanted Bunny
Or was I the one who was enchanted?
How NOT to Be Productive
Don’t wait until you die!
Making Your Own Music
Setting your words to music
The Non-living Room
The forbidden space
Shoes
Ode to Hemingway
When the Smoke Clears
We can see more clearly
The Book Signing From Outer Space
I never saw it coming…
The Car Radio
Do you only listen to one station?
A Human Mating Season?
How different would that be?
Listening Without Thinking
A deeper relationship
Stew
No, he’s not the bass player
A Priest, Some Rabbits and a Tornado
My ‘Perfect Day’
After the Flood
The dance continues
Waiting For Inspiration
Or asking for inspiration
Remembering Jack Schaefer
And the advice he gave writers
Become an Explorer
Venture into joy
A Secret Path to Enlightenment
Using our noses
The Mother of All Moms
(But she is not my mother)
The Caliente Report
Another example of fake news
Are You an Old Fogey?
Take the quiz and find out
While the Muse is Out
Updates and simple blabbering
The Carpet Sweeper
Four harrowing days in the 1970s
The Cat That Snored
And the importance of afternoon naps
Car Alarms
Tech I don’t understand
Lunacy
My life in the sky with diamonds
The Addiction No One Talks About
And there are no support groups
I Want to Be a Refugee
A major decision on my anniversary
Have You Ever Put Your Fist Through a Door?
There is a better way…
Unemployed or Retired?
The big difference
Mankind, Womankind, Humankind
Which word do you prefer?
A Great Picnic Challenge Update
Success in March, unsure about April
Meteorological Trauma Advice
Four easy steps to happiness
Heaven Must Be Missing an Egg Roll
A brilliant idea inspired by popular music
Human/Canine/Bird Encounter
Another day at the park
Getting Mooned
What was your most intense experience?
Language Fun With Kids
“Fun” being the key word
The Geese Are Flying!
The geese are flying!
The Prize in the Cereal Box
You don’t have to eat the cereal
Relationships With Our Bodies
What kind of relationship do you have?
Victimology and Human Energy Dynamics
Looking for love in all the wrong places
On Conceiving and Birthing New Ideas
The importance of orgasmic states of consciouness
Books Are Like the American Flag?
My pernicious pathology
On Judgment and the Homeless Man
There is a better way
My 9 Songs List
Playing along
The Woman With All the Dogs
Who picked me up
The Lego Tangent
It happened this afternoon
Five Stichomancies
How often do you do this?
Blizzard, Schmizzard
An important update
The Calm Before the Blizzard
It’s all about the mojo
I Bought a Typewriter!
What the hell was I thinking?
The Coffee Machine Break-up
It is officially over — for now
Creativity and the Void
Fear of the emptiness of letting go
Luxuriating in the Subtleties
They are everywhere!
Abundance is Giving
We have it all backwards
A Romance-free Valentine’s Day?
Could that still be fun and rewarding?
Latitude, Altitude & Attitude
3 important components of weather
Space Exploration
Where do you do it?
Dimensions of Human Contact
And the men in white coats
Railroad Observations
When are the trains the loudest?
Football Stadium Mind Hack
A fun, therapeutic and learning game
My First Picnic This Year
Is it too late to make a New Years resolution?
The Thrift Store and the Blessed Virgin Mary
Just a typical winter’s day?
Playing the 40 Things I Love Game
With a teeny twist
The Whooping Crane Feather
An encounter with the Divine Mother
I Like Rocks
Have you ever imagined being one?
Touching Our Grandness
Understanding limitation and being unlimited
Seeing the Light
The dawning
Do Snow-blowers Suck or Blow?
Is it a matter of opinion?
Choosing 1 of 3 Cities to Live In
And the winner was…
Walking Lightly
Through the physical world
The Very First Note
The doorway into what comes next
Walking Through the Crowd
Ever searching
Aligning With Freedom
Reconnecting to our life spark
Being Pulled Through Fear
By a dead dog
Does Your Wiener Cut the Mustard?
Memories of a train station in Europe
Love Stuff
What we are made of
Happy Artists
Painting our days away
The Idiot Who Refused to Fight
Don’t be that idiot!
Singing on the Toilet
And other things I learned today
A Song in My Head
How did it get there?
Duality and Choice
Finding and entering the center null point
Apparently I Smell
And someone is okay with that
The Core Entity Cell
And the tunnel of white light
Cycles, Aspects and Life Changes
Important decisions to be made
‘For the Rest of the Year’
A positive New Year’s Eve
Are Your Ficus Trees Getting Enough Wind?
Not your typical indoor gardening advice
Wolves, Warriors and Sweat-lodges
A Native American bundle — All my Native American stories in one place
Loving Haters
It is about energy
Santa’s Annual Headache
Bad acting didn’t ruin our Christmas
The Upcoming Rejuvenation Cycle
It will be powerful!
Every Christmas Needs a Comedian
On the most important yuletide ingredient
Letting My Hair Down
And drinking coffee for a change
Reverse Shoplifting
Have you ever tried it?
The Greatest Choice
Loving our enemies
A Christmas Present For My Noggin
And other important news and updates
Closure As the Fog Settles In
The mini movie marathon continues
When Hummingbirds Attack
4 Santa Clauses Walk Into a Bar…
Three Wise Men and a Baby
Part 2 of a story I wrote last year
Epiphanies Are Like Earthquakes
There always seem to be aftershocks
The Day After Christmas
99 years ago
Eat, Pray, Laundry
They’re not going to make a movie about this
Blizzard, Schmizzard
A very brief dispatch from the pasture
Crying
One of the most important functions of the human body
The Year of the Lemon
It was fabulous. It was life-altering!
Playing Peek-a-boo With a Friend
Moments of joy amidst the chaos
Off the Top of My Head
Some things I am thankful for
Fifteen Titles
And not a story in sight
Grounded By Girls
Or: How to shop for a nine-year-old
My Daughter’s Secret Trick To Success
She had the mojo
Playing Catch With Your Mate
The couples therapy no one is talking about
Zen and the Art of Bowling
My father was a secret Zen Master
Is It a Poem Or a Shopping List?
What closer scrutiny reveals
There’s a Frog On My Table
And how it changed everything
So Far Away
Carole King and Rod Stewart duke it out
Two Different Kinds of Bird-lovers
The wolf and the owl
The Importance of Water in Retail — Part 2 of Retail Mojo
More advice on creating a magical retail experience
Olfactory Marketing — Part 1 of Retail Mojo
(It has nothing to do with factories)
Something Freaky Is Happening
A surreal morning
Countdown Update
And the first snow of the season
The Paths We Are On
Where are you going?
Conversations in the Noggin
Who are we talking to?
A Banana a Day
Keeps the horse pistol away
The Horrific Pricking
SPOILER ALERT: I’m a cactus freak
Countdown to Change
Snippets of early October observations
Epiphany Lost
Will it come back?
The Next Week and a Half
Will surely be HUGE
The Real Writer
What are we letting through?
A Genitals-free World
What is the answer?
A Sad Mick Jagger Story
No sex was involved
Just Five More Minutes!
The snooze button of life
Pumpkins and Butterflies
Stop, look, listen, and smell
The Female Christ Speaks
This is HER story
My Real Ten Things List (No Lies)
Dang it, I got tagged
Life is a Window Sill
What are you looking at?
The Bactrian Camel Blunder
Everyone makes mistakes, right?
Bite Me
A story about the power of words
9 Lies About Me No One Knows
And one true fact (Can you tell which one it is?)
The Time I Ran For Office
On politics, humiliation and having fun
Everything is Different Today
And I’m trying to figure out what happened
A Journey of Gods
And the remembering of where we are going
Seeing Through Raindrops
I am so lucky!
September
A roller coaster retrospective
Finding Success By Doing What You Love?
Is that really the best advice?
My Love of Washing Dishes
What does this say about me?
Hawks and Doves and Dreams
The drama continues
French Toast is NOT French
And other culinary curiosities
Rice Pudding
A teddy bear, laundromat horror story
Rocket Man
An Elton John story
Oneness, Separation and Individuation
A process of self-awareness
Talking to the Universe on the Internet
Connections to land and people
New Birds in the Neighborhood
At least for now
Just Waiting on a Decision
And it is I who must make it
A Cricket Cacophony
Opening the windows after a thunderstorm
Photography Mojo
An Ansel Adams story
Encounter With a Hawk
Messages from spirit
The Totality of a Hurricane
Utilizing energy for transformation
Decisions of Change
Marching alone and together through our fears
Morning Glory
And glory all day long
Form and Formless
Becoming aware of and healing primal separation
The Mirror in Front of Our Faces
Just a big round ball of rock and cheese?
Disappointing Barry White
We all have to start somewhere
Staring Into the Eye of a Tornado
And why I almost never listen to the radio
Energy Cycles and Disease
Reconnecting to our bodies and the planet
What Is Your Founding Thought?
What thought resulted in you?
Are Words Like Clouds?
Can they ever be?
Apple Pandowdy
America’s forgotten dessert
Leap of Faith
Some thoughts on friendship
The Circus Outside My Window
Come see the amazing acrobats!
My Fat Childhood Friend
On body shaming, friendship and comedy
Tomato Frenzy
It’s like winning the lottery!
Don’t Suck in the Crowd
Restoring natural energy flow and relieving social anxiety
Spiritual Evolutionary Imperative
Consciousness becoming aware of itself
At What Time Of Day Were Your Born?
Do you even know? Does it even matter?
Guardianship
My daughter, me and Alanis Morissette
Silencing a Mother’s Voice
And finding peace in stillness
Whacked Over the Head With a Zen Stick
How to avoid a Zen whacking
Mushrooms and Toads
It happens every summer
The Sound of War
On celebrating the Fourth of July
The Truth About Fiction and Non-fiction
Let me tell you a little secret
When Lightning Strikes Very Close To You
Have you ever thought about death by lightning?
Fortune Cookies in Bookstores
A radical million dollar idea. Available here for free.
On Forest Mojo
And canopied tunnels of love
Personal and Planetary Transformation
Getting off the hamster wheel
God Does Not Have a Penis
And God does not have a vagina either
The Best Father’s Day Ever
Over a hundred million years ago
The Space in a Room
Feeling it and playing with it
Mulberry
America’s forgotten fruit
A Tree Without a Forest
Would you want to be one?
Rearranging Molecules
Outer space and inner space
Hurry Up and Shop!
Lessons from a grocery store
Space
The word of the day, week, month…
Thank God It’s Friday on Monday
Was naming the days of the week a mistake?
Booking a Vacation on Planet Earth
The ultimate travel destination in the universe
Coming Into Money
Over two years of harness-free euphoria (Part Two)
Jobs, Unemployment and Ice Cream Cones
Getting out of the harness (Part One)
Waves in the Sea of Possibilities
How consciously aware are we of our actions?
Opportunities to Love
Do we jump at the challenge?
Comfort and Joy
Change is not a spectator sport
Green Chile Stew and Thunderstorms
Diary of a glorious day off (Writing or blabbering?)
The Joys of Death
The importance of dying on a regular basis
The Birds, Buddha and a Flower
On the importance of laughter
Looking For Crazy
A craving that I am feeling
A Little Song and Dance
On the power of silence
The Year I Ruled the World
A year of freedom and carpet burns
Imagine Being a Musical Instrument
What would you want streaming through you?
The Enchanted Flying Angel
And her distinctive geographic attributes
Keeping the Food On Our Plates Separated
And other childhood gastronomical idiosyncrasies
Not Seeing the Gorilla
Trying to stay connected
Perpetually Aggrieved
A ‘which cam first?’ kind of thing
Planting Sugar Cane
A profoundly back-breaking honeymoon
Straw Breeze
A cultural/horticultural epiphany at the beach
Writing Under the Influence
Olfactory euphoria and words than begin with the letter L
Two Sounds That Make Me Happy
Strange auditory pleasure
Painting in the Nude
With no sex or art involved
It’s May!
Orange you glad?
Pretty Hands
Surely not those of a construction worker
Tumbleweed Junction
A place in life where the wind blows
The Observer
Watching the mind games
Imagining a Place
Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day
The Difference Between Sucking and Blowing
Life, movement, direction and choice
My George Herbert Walker Bush Story
On food, parenting, TV, and presidents
The Arthritis Healer
Lessons from excruciating pain
My Personal Barbara Bush Story
It’s not exactly pretty
The Last Blizzard
Let the celebrating commence!
What is Divine Intervention?
And where does it come from?
The Builder
Finding joy at the hardware store
The Brutal Assassination of Daffodils
What is Mother Nature trying to tell me?
Turtle Island Questions
Going beyond the nature/technology conflict
Dreamland GPS
What kind of GPS do you use in the dream state?
The Brutal Murder of an American Redbud
Trees are people, too!
Instant Manifestation Fantasy
A fun little mind game
The Warrior and the Pacifist
One of the many dichotomies I live with
Human Energy Sources
Burning questions about creating and sourcing and being human
The Time My Dad Took Me to a Bar
And made me promise not to tell
What To Do With My Dead Body?
It is quite the conundrum
Birdies and Babies
And a big fat snake
How to Be a Quitter
It’s not as easy at it sounds
Gray
The American spelling
The Czechoslovakian Burrito
A culinary journey wrapped in a tortilla
How to Sleep Through Geometry Class
And still ace the final exam (A true story)
Recharging
A powerful and free cure
The Date Went Well
An update to ‘My First Date in Many Years’
My First Date in Many Years
Dinner and music. I am so very excited.
The Correct Way to Eat French Fries
And there is only one correct way!
Ambition and Passion
Chemical and electrical
Name Tags and Lotto Tickets
On pacifism and beginner’s luck
Active and Passive Seeing
Finding and moving passion
Divinity Mirrors
What are your reflecting and what are you seeing?
Fake Weather
Your forecast for today and every day
Motion and Flow
What happens when things stand still
Naming Cats
A self-help how-to guide
Messages Un-bottled
Seeing what is inside
Cooking is Like Playing With Legos
And the missing ingredient is….
My Valentine is a Dog
A both winning and losing story
Epiphany Blizzard
Have you ever experienced one?
Death, Time and Struggle
All death is suicide
The Other Side of Fear
Walking straight ahead instead of in circles
Joy and Abundance
Are we still looking at it all backwards?
The Donut in Our Belly
Re-vitalizing our solar-plexus
A Friend Unplugged
And trying to imagine doing it myself
Giving Advice
It can be a sucky job or it can be enlightening
Electricity
Fueling the imagination
Abundance and People
What do you see in the mirror?
Christmas Without Kids?
What would that be like?
Economic, Spiritual & Sexual Harassment
Weinsteining the people and the people Weinsteining themselves
The Real Story of the 3 Wise Men
Christmas stories you may not know
The Collective American Male Ego
Are mass shootings a sign of what is to come on a global scale?
I Am a Parsley Freak
There, I just admitted it to the world
Joy Or Crisis?
A fun, tweaked way of looking at things
Sun Worshippers
A long ago ode to my cat
Christmas Presents That Inspire Death
What is under your tree?
The Somewhere Over the Rainbow Wedding
A little story about ties and ukuleles
When Reading Is Fun
On the lost art of reading aloud
Writing in the Shower
Clean writing advice
Ingrid Goes West
An alarming look at social media
It’s Halloween and It’s Snowing
And that is perfectly normal (apparently)
Bacon Grease Sandwiches
Have you ever had one?
Possible Solutions to Daylight Savings Time
The annual debate rages on
The Gratitude Mini-chakra
And how to activate it
Cooking in Our Genes
A look at generational inclinations
Leaf Stomping
A seasonal addiction
A Spoon in the Road
What the hell does that mean?
The Endless Fight
Throwing our energy away
Bubble Blabber:
Part 1: What is Real?
Part 2: Going Beyond Magnetism
Part 3: Bubble Theory
Part 4: Transforming Cancer
Part 5: Reacting or Responding?
Mandalay
Subtle mass killing connections
Coffee Schmoffee
They call me, ‘Weirdo’
When the Sirens Go Off
What do you do?
What Have You Held in Your Hands Today?
A kooky listicle
Public Tree-hugging is Not Illegal!
Things will change when we all start doing it every day
13 Truths I Have Learned
Chili dogs are best eaten with a knife and fork
My Darling Ladybug
On marrying into theatre
Moon Tan
No, it’s not a rapper…. It’s about divine lunacy
A Typical Prairie Breeze
Tragedy on the windowsill
The Bookstores of the Future
Will have a cover charge to get in
The 5 Aphorisms of Life
Words on an index card
The Goose Poop Conflict
Nature versus the wrath of soccer moms
Brown Skies and Naked Trees
Sharing a world with birds
Predawn Bunny Encounter
Sidewalks are not just for people
Baby Girl Attacked By Wolves
As her father I could only watch
Jalapeno Soup
My secret is out
Write What You Know Nothing About
Writing advice contrary to everything you read on Medium
Crazy Horse, St. Bernadette and Edgar Cayce
What did they have in common
Turn Off the Radio and Start Singing
We are the medium
A Horrific Life-threating Experience
Just as I’m about to lose my Obamacare
Celebration and Contrast
Pondering solstices and celebrations
A Tale of Two White Christmases
Yuletide nostalgia
Does Your Wiener Cut the Mustard?
Memories of a train station in Europe
Football
The other part of Thanksgiving
The Zucchini Girls and the Goat Wrangler
A delightful pro-active shopping adventure
Fried Baloney Sandwiches
When was the last time you ate one?
A Leaf Downpour
The Exorcist, naked women and naked trees
Pricks and Pain
On hot chile peppers, sexual arousal and hammers
Can Picnics Help Save the World?
Is this a crazy notion?
Harvest Moon
A sappy, romantic blabbering
Can Smoking Be Sacred?
Is what we do as important as how we do it?
Conversation With a Psychic
My only friend in the state
A Nation (Or Me?) Divided
What direction am I headed towards?
Like Time Traveling Back to the 1950s
A place stuck in time
Walking Through Fog Without Sticking My Thumb Out
An ode to the prairie
Neighborhood Eco-systems
Oasis on the prairie
What the Hell Am I Doing Here?
I’m trying to stop asking that question
Screen Masters
How much of your life do they rule?
Writer On Foot Getting Bread
What the heck does that mean?
Truth Schmooth
What do you believe in?
Blessing a Nuclear Bomb
On the nature and art of blessing
Potato Chips and Jesus
How my atheist mother forced me to go to church
The Donkey Dick
On the power of words
Looking Directly Into the Sun
And other things I’m not supposed to say
The Best Way To Awaken in the Morning
Without birdsong the universe would collapse
One Of My Favorite Holidays
And it has almost nothing to do with football
My Quest to Understand Female Energy
It’s been a long, unfinished journey
I Am the Son of a War Refugee
How I snuck into America inside my mother’s belly
Crazy Horse Races
Can we learn something from a dead Native American warrior?
I Don’t Know What Writer’s Block Is…
And that’s a lie
The Gift of Cancer
How on Earth can cancer be a gift?
How Crazy Horse Treated Refugees
Some Native American wisdom to ponder today
