Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many....

Note: I originally wrote this essay for the blog “BLT Is Not Just a Sandwich“—a place to discuss the Bible, other Literature, and its...

First my next-door neighbor, Bill, disappears. His health has been precarious for some time, but one could generally catch him early in...

Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable...

Disturbing dreams last night; in fact, they rattled me so much that I remember ordering the dream to stop at one point. Mom and Dad and I...

Playing Jeopardy! together is a nightly ritual for Mom and me. One of the categories on last night’s Jeopardy! (a repeat from last year,...

A couple of weeks ago, Adamus told me he had gotten a dog at the pound, a Lab mix named Dusty. He said I should definitely meet her....

For the last week, thousands of Burmese monks have marched against the repressive Burmese military regime in cities across that nation....

These parents believe horses and shamans can unlock their son’s autistic mind. This is their journey of discovery by Tim Rayment The...

From the Russia Today website (Russia Today is an English-language TV news channel broadcasting globally via satellite and cable that...

Right meditation is not escapism; it is not meant to provide hiding-places for temporary oblivion. Realistic meditation has the purpose...

by SONYAH FATAH | The Globe and Mail August 11, 2007 THIMPHU, BHUTAN — Monarchies have inspired bloody revolutions, internal dissent and...

by Tirthankar Mukherjee, The UB Post (Ulaanbatar, Mongolia) Thursday, July 05, 2007 Kalidasa, the Indian poet-dramatist whose Meghadutam...

In many countries, a sneeze that occurs after making a statement is often interpreted as a confirmation by God that the statement was...

by Jason Godesky, The Anthropik Network I’m dazzled by so much that Jason Godesky has to say, but this article is, to my mind, one of his...