Talk Pretty to Me

Hi, Boomers, I was musing the other day about the power of words. Most of us talk and talk and talk and it becomes an unconscious stream of, well, our unconscious mind. But words are, indeed, a powerful force in

Surrender to the Now

Hi, Boomers, I was supposed to be on the road tonight, heading for Vegas to see my family. A long weekend of lots of love. It’s my oldest son’s birthday. He’s thirty-nine. Wow! When did I ever think that would

The 10% Solution

Hi, Boomers, The learning curve keeps on giving. I was just interviewed on an internet radio site for my book, Sixty, Sex, & Tango, Confessions of a Beatnik Boomer. It was probably a very small station by comparison to other

When the Journey Begins

Hi,Boomers, I talked about you all weekend at the Tucson Book Festival. It was the first time I appeared in public with my book, Sixty, Sex, & Tango, Confessions of a Beatnik Boomer, except for my book signings. This was

Singular Sensation

Hi, Boomers, As you know, last week I admitted myself into the hospital for a laparoscopic procedure. But what I didn’t write about was the following incident, which has stuck in my mind since the day I was admitted. My

Life is an Action, Not a Thought

Hi, Boomers, There should be no excuse for a spiritual moment. I’m having one. And this moment comes courtesy of my internal angst and incessant thinking. Will that “monkey mind” ever cease and desist? F. W Robertson a nineteenth century

Pity Party

Hi, Boomers, When was the last time you were in a hospital, either overnight or for a few days or just an out patient center? I bet it wasn’t an experience you’d like to have again. I know my seven

Mortality Comes Knocking

Hi, Boomers, Remember the concept of mortality? We boomers don’t like to think much about the prospect of dying because we’re so close to it, but I’m forced to do just that today. I’m going in for a “Medical Procedure.”

Living With Gratitude

Hi, Boomers, I woke up one morning last week full of gratitude for my life. It was an ordinary day – Wednesday, I think – and I thought about all that I had going on in my life. The privilege

Back to the Basics

Hi, Boomers, Remember that first career you started when back when in the late sixties or early seventies? Maybe some of you were in law school (the men) and some of you were studying to be school teachers (the women