I went to see a documentary film on Friday night, about the 800 miles of wall that is being built between the U.S/Mexico boarder. It ended up being less about the wall and more about the thousands of countless lives that are lost in an attempt to cross it. The movie exposed a simple truth, the American system of anti-immigration has crossed the boarder itself, a boarder into … [Read more...] about The 800 mile Wall…

You are making this blog more interesting all the time.   I’m sure I’ve said this somewhere else before, but I think like Ben that the soul exists, but it is not us.  It may be the sum total of all the lives we may have lived in the past.  Sounds a little like the Buddhists doesn’t it?  When we die, the soul moves on into another body and over the … [Read more...] about Stephen and Ben

This is a guest post from my cousin Ben.  It was in response to his response to my response in the last post! It was posted on facebook. It was just so well written I had to place it here, I hope he doesn't mind. Thanks Ben for your insights, since it is late I may have to digest this and come back tomorrow.  For me spiritual enlightenment will require a decent nights sleep, … [Read more...] about Words of Wisdom

Haven’t written in quite some time. Probably because I am spending most of my waking hours in the evenings glued to the likes of downhill skiing and short track speed skating. I absolutely love the winter Olympics. The idea that people spend years of their lives in pursuit of an Olympic medal, that encompasses often only minutes or seconds of actual competition, is to me mind … [Read more...] about Time

I just came back from skiing.  Had 12 runs and came home.  It’s great not having lines.  The first time I went up, I was only able to do about 6 run.  The next couple times I did 8.  So today was a big breakthrough.  I was ready to go to the bigger hills, but the weather was getting miserable so decided to head home before the storm came in.  Was home by 4:00. Unfortunately, … [Read more...] about Wonderful Days