Tag: end

I was riding a rented scooter on Eliat Street, few blocks from the Telavivian Gallery, glancing at the lifeless store windows. I wasn’t wearing a helmet and the dry wind whipped across my face. The lane was free, with no traffic. It felt like Sunday morning. The last time I checked the calenda...

Just today (Dec. 9, 2023) I saw an article from USA Today — “Climate change is pushing Earth toward these 5 disastrous scenarios, report says.” That’s indicative of what I see concerning calamitous situations that could affect us all. It’s mostly concerning&nb...

The bleating of sheep was following me up the mountain. There were white dots spread across the entire slope. And now and then I’d hear a bird chirping in the bushes or see a bunny escaping in front of me. It was late morning when the message came in work had been canceled for the day. It w...

It has become normative and conventional to translate the Buddhist term “dukkha” as “suffering.” This is a bad translation. “Suffering” is not what the Buddha meant by “dukkha.” Translating terms about concepts is always tricky because often the clo...

Reiki attunements open doors to allow people to channel Reiki through their hands. It is seen as an essential part of the Reiki training with Reiki Masters being the only people able to carry out attunements. Traditionally attunements are done in-person but in the past decade a growing number of Rei...

I don’t watch television anymore. It’s been several years now since we ended our cable service. The quality of programming just wasn’t worth the price Spectrum Communications wanted. Instead, I rely on a plethora of news websites to ferret out what is left of the truth. I read y...

My favorite is when the words are kind, “your children are beautiful.” This rings true because, like most parents, my children are beauty to me. I can’t hear enough about their loveliness. On many occasions, the remarks are odd, “do you bleach her ends?” — this...

Most simply, plutocracy means rule by wealth — from ploutos (wealth) and kratos (power) in ancient Greek, although the term originated not in Greece but in seventeenth-century England. Some have used the term to mean a conspiracy of the wealthy, imagining a bunch of bill...