The Rambling Taoist

I'm sitting in front of my TV earlier this week and one commercial catches my eye. The voice over tells us of heroic citizens risking t...

I am not a gun owner. As a teenager, I fired a .22 caliber rifle a few times and it didn't make me giddy in the least. In fact, though...

I've discovered something about myself. I should never attempt to get on AND ride a bicycle at the same time! I attempted this feat to...

The turn of the seasons from summer to autumn means different things depending on where one lives. In the Midwest, the transition is from s...

I'm always perplexed when people devise beliefs that run counter to human nature. They look at some global issue and treat it as if ste...

I have moved to an area that has a lot of flying insects: gnats, flies, mosquitoes and several other insects that I can't name. It'...

Everyone wants to a feel a sense of belonging; to be accepted for who they are. A lot of people spend a great deal of their lives trying to...

As the world's scientists tell us that we're edging ever closer to environmental catastrophe, it's become chic to argue about wh...

Back when I was growing up, it was sort of understood that boys and men don't cry or, if you did, you didn't allow anyone else to se...

This has been a most interesting -- and stressful -- summer. When it began, my wife & I lived in Aberdeen (Grays Harbor County) and as ...

When my wife and I realized our dream of living closer to the ocean -- by moving to Aberdeen & Grays Harbor County in December 2005 -- w...

If you're out hiking in the wilderness and you encounter a bear at a close range, wildlife experts have a few words of advice for you. ...

If I was running for the office of President of the United States, my campaign platform would look far different than the ones being touted ...

In this world we're just beginning To understand the miracle of living Baby I was afraid before But I'm not afraid anymore Ooh, baby...

Pick up a newspaper in the United States and it's very obvious who the "terrorists" are. It's those radical Islamic zealo...

I just finished watching the 2003 documentary Bonhoeffer . It details the life of German theologian and pacifist Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was...

Over the past decade, I have been on many a front line protesting our military incursions in Iraq & Afghanistan. While many Americans ap...

The other day my wife was watching a program on VH1 concerning someone's compilation of the 100 most popular rock ballads. Somewhere in...

Who hasn't stood at the edge of a lake or river and thrown a large rock into the water. It lands with a kerplunk on the surface and kic...

For the third time in less than two months, gas has been siphoned from our truck leaving our gas gage on empty. The first time it happened ...