Most of you know that I facilitate Alternatives to Violence Workshops in Maine State Prison. I have been doing so for about twelve years. The workshops are experiential in nature. The men I work with come in with questions and answers. I prefer to deal with the answers. While surfing the internet I run across … More Thoughts of Childhood Trauma
A previous entry here did not sit well with some of my friends. Herewith is a revised, and possible kinder version of what I took down last week. Peace. GMG During a recent men’s group held in front of a fire pit at Saul’s house in Megunticook, thoughts of a magical nature arrived unintended, but … More Spontaneous Human Combustion: Take 2
I didn’t go to the authorities right away. I lived with the anger, sleaze, resentment, disgust, and fear for a long time. Even after I approached the new Executive Officer of a nuclear submarine I was assigned to in 1960, three years after the incident, I was still not free of any guilt-feeling or fear … More My Own Experience with Sexual Assault
My best friend forever told me this story. She was on the back of a motorcycle for a quick ride down the West-Side Highway. In the dark. In the night. In the shadow of the twin towers. She’s Nina. She survived. She’s from Brooklyn. Of course she survived. She’s Nina. LIVING IN THE FAST LANE … More Life in the Fast Lane
This is the time of year that sends us inside to retrieve a favorite sweater if we are outside and want to sit on a chair to breathe air for a few moments. My spot is in a corner of this tiny open deck by the slider under a canopy of Forsythia branches that have … More Fall Equinox
A news magazine I follow on-line published a story by one of their premiere correspondents. This guy is clever and young and savvy in many ways. He has used the term “Ex-Con” three times to my knowledge. I am an ally to those who are oppressed. Formerly incarcerated citizens are a group that fits that … More Labeling People for Fun and Profit.
John McCain’s best friend in the Navy was Admiral Charles Robert Larson. The Admiral passed away about 4 years ago. McCain was buied today next to him on the Naval Academy Grounds. They arranged this many years ago. Like I said, they were best of friends. I was the Engineering Officer on the deep submersible … More Admiral Chuck Larson once Commodore of Submarine Development Group One
I just got off the phone with my cardiologist’s office. I called them to tell them I was not going to drive to the hospital for a scheduled follow-up appointment this afternoon. I had decided that I could do just as well by talking on the phone to whomever I was going to see. My … More The Medical Follow-up Appointment
The proof is in the pudding. Point out something that is being done today that is part of a plan. Let me know when you are ready to talk (or point). I contend that life is a journey from mistake to mistake. Can you imagine if it was a journey from success to success? (Cue … More Nothing is Impossible. I call Bullshit. Everything is Impossible.
Vague enough to be true. Thoughts from the Seiza bench. I have discovered an online fun toy, a new age, bullshit generator. You can read my choices that are included in italics and in between goodbye notes. We exist as frequencies. Synchronicity requires exploration. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is choice. … More GOODBYE NOTES PART SEIS. Also: VAGUE ENOUGH TO BE TRUE.
Playing Fair and Being Kind 