Some of you may have noticed I’ve been gone for quite awhile from here.
It’s been both a good and bad thing.
Good because I’ve been busy plowing back life and work that I had to take …

I have a confession to make… Despite all my spiritual progress, I still have a little bit of fear that lies within as an undercurrent to my life.
Let me back up a bit and explain. …

For the past couple years I haven’t been able to truly hear music and I really, really miss it.
It may surprise you to hear this coming from a deaf guy, but I’ve always been able …

Now and then, especially on my good days, I like to pop in over at the Wild Iris bookstore in downtown Gainesville to say hi because they’re such a friendly lot and have a cafe …

Once again, my parents went against the grain and decided that they would pursue the harder course and go the oral route. On top of that they also decided I would be mainstreamed from the …

In the nascent stages of my life, when I was a wee one inside my mother’s tummy, there were signs ahead that I would have a bit of a turbulent ride. While she was pregnant …

(If you haven’t already, make sure you’ve read part one first!)
Micanopy Joe, his big ole belly rumbling with a hearty laugh, beckoned me to come on in and settle down while he fixed a …

Back in the early ’90s, I was a bit discombobulated in my late-youth years (I had quit college, gotten separated from my long time girlfriend, left my job as a graphic designer, and other things …