Happy Mother’s Day, Dearest! Do you cherish your mom? I do. I only have a memory to hold close, but I can still say Mom rules. I think all moms rule, actually. Moms should rule. With moms in power, we’d live in a more sane, just, and compassionate world. Even if No...

Howdy, solks. I mean folks. (If you get that reference you win a prize, possibly of the booby variety.) Trying something new here. Wondering how you feel about a little video action instead of the normal reading thang. Let me know on Twitter or otherwise, won't...

[The following is a repost from the newsletter.] Happy High-Flying New Year, Daredevil! Are you ready to make the leap? Or rather, have you made it? I s’pose if you’re reading this, you’ve arrived on this side of the calendar change. And given 2016’s volatile, if not...

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. -William Ralph Inge Only the boring are bored. - An infinite number of parents I’m one of the lucky ones. My child is a teenager. Ok, well, maybe lucky is a...

In newsletter #17, I proposed an experiment. Breathe Flames. Not literally. (Although, if you can, you most certainly should.) No, I mean something more Kundalini yogic. The Breath of Fire It’s this wild practice of continuously inhaling and exhaling, each for the...

A couple newsletters ago, I offered up a bit of a sartorial experiment. My challenge? Make your boutonniere It's such a fertile, yet rarely used ground for self-expression. If it's no lapel pin for a cause, make it a boutonniere that gives people pause. Wear your...

In Headspank Newsletter #11, I proposed an experiment. Imagine you had no vocal chords. If you're totally unable to speak, how would you communicate? Charades? Interpretive dance? The Vulcan mind meld? The idea is that, by going mute and communicating in a way that's...

In the Experiment section of last week's newsletter (available only to subscribers, natch), I threw down a fashion-related idea. What if you wrote your own catalog? Nobody's got time to create an entire publication as a creative experiment. Instead, just pick one...

We humans. So full of guile and self-importance. All too often it seems like we take our environment for granted. Or bend it to our will. It’s enough to rile up even the most passive tree-hugger. But Nature doesn’t take this lying down. [monkeytools...