Category: Deep Stuff, Sort Of

Healthy, stealthy and wise

Telluride Times, Thursday, December 11, 2025 “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” –Jimi Hendrix Growing up, I loved this ‘70s TV show called Kung Fu, starring David Carradine as a Shaolin mixed-race monk returned from China to track down his half-brother in the American West. (It loses a bit in the translation.) Kwai-Chang Caine’s flashbacks featured…… Continue reading Healthy, stealthy and wise

Star bathing 101

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, September 12, 2025 “This is the first, wildest and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness.” — Mary Oliver As a teenager growing up in Seattle, I was pretty unhappy, frankly, given the Catholic girls’ school, the rules in my father’s…… Continue reading Star bathing 101

Digital freeze out

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 1, 2025 “We live in a digital world, but we’re fairly analog creatures.” –Omar Ahmad On a morning walk recently, and tuning into a health podcast I found at the last minute, what often happens with information happened again: The subject I’m interested in finds me, all algorithms aside. Though…… Continue reading Digital freeze out

The best medicine

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, July 18, 2025 “Laughter is inner jogging.” – Norman Cousins You’re just not going to find too many people who will argue that laughter is not good for you. Maybe not a single person, or even a single grumpy person. I was thinking of my father — retired military man and…… Continue reading The best medicine

Skin check

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 25, 2025 “The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.” – Mark Twain If those ads about crepey skin have started meaning something to you (or if you simply live here at altitude, no matter what your age), it could…… Continue reading Skin check

Cognitive overload

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 11, 2025 “I use journaling as a tool for organization, stress reduction and clearing my head.” — Tim Ferriss I have been thinking hard about certain aspects of mental health. Mine, yours, all of ours. How do we floss our brains the same way we floss our teeth — to…… Continue reading Cognitive overload