Album Review I Ain’t Playin’ by Diunna Greenleaf Drums, backing band, momma told me. A rough voice. Can’t trust no man. Reminiscent of...

Located on the western edge of the city zoo, the Ho Chi Minh City History Museum is really a history of Vietnam. From the crenellated...

A man living on a pedestrian overpass, his thin frame ensconced in a sheet tied to the rails like a cot, everything he owns scattered...

Lonnie Johnson singing in his confident tenor the sweet and low down blues of a long spent afternoon on the banks of the Mississippi. His...

America has problems. No one person can fix them. But enough persons seeking to create change just might. A cause for hope.

One writer’s relationship with alcohol comes to an end, at least for a year.

In the last few days I've read two books that seem to present an interesting perspective on something called evil. The first book was...

Living in Vietnam informs my existence, but I am a multifaceted individual and thus my blog will be equally diverse. Join me for the ride.

Depression. It sucks. I've said this enough times in my brain that I know it's true. It's one of those things that even though I know my...

On the One Well . . . it's been a while. For a long time--pretty much since my last blog post--I've been struggling. Between anxiety over...

Before we can know where we want to go we need to know where we are. My new post examines how I'm beginning to measure my life.

I’ve been thinking. A dangerous pastime. I know. No, I’m not talking to myself, I’m actually thinking. And I’ve been thinking about race...

Hello from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We just reached the month mark of working from home because of a new wave of Covid. It's not been...

An examination of the importance of aligning actual and aspirational values and the author's adoption of a work ethic as a new value.

It started when I decided to keep buying books. I had contemplated applying to graduate school next year and so I didn't want to buy too...

Until yesterday I didn't know what I was going to write about this week. Last week I started experiencing intense fatigue and tightness...

Last week I examined the idea of satisfaction and, specifically, how to identify actions that would be satisfying and lead towards a...

Today I learned something that I hope will go a long way towards relieving my remaining problems with boredom (see Unlearning...

I don't know exactly when I made a decision, but some time ago I decided that instead of trying to aspire to greatness, to make millions...

I talk to my mom every week on the phone and we talk about the challenges I face in my life and the strategies I'm adopting to face them....