Category: Archive

In Colombia, when there’s a holiday, life actually stops. Not just for government workers or people with paid leave—everyone stops. Offices go dark. Banks shut down. Schools go quiet. You won’t hear kids on the playground, and you won’t hear traffic. The country knows how to hit pause, not just individually, but collectively. And that’s…

My parents split when I was young. I could not explain what had changed, but I could feel it. After the divorce, I stayed with my father in Neoga, Illinois, in the cornfields forever. He remarried, but lived with my aunt for a while, and I spent most days with my grandfather fishing. I remember…

Let’s put something to bed: no, most “white people,”* you are not indigenous. The term “indigenous” in modern usage refers to groups that are the original inhabitants of a region and have experienced historical marginalization, displacement, or oppression, often due to colonization by external powers. These populations possess distinct cultural, linguistic, and social traditions that…

“Touch of Grey” by the Grateful Dead carries a profound resonance with those who have endured hardship yet find resilience in moving forward. It is a theme that echoes powerfully in This Is How It Feels to Heal, where survival becomes both a choice and a practice. As someone who once lived much of a…

In the cool haze of morning light, I’m walking. Not to anywhere particular, just walking. Shoes hitting the dirt like a steady rhythm, beating out the thoughts rattling through my brain. There’s something about this world, this time, that feels so caught up in its own demise. Like it’s rushing toward some inevitable end, but…

With the completion of The Healing Pathways facilitator and companion manuals, I am cleaning out my notes used along the way. Below, is a transcript of a conversation I had with David Boothe in 2001. I was in Cali, Colombia where I had just finished the final version of This is How it Feels to…

Jerry Garcia, renowned as the frontman and lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead, remains a towering figure in American music. Despite his profound impact, discussions about the greatest guitarists in rock history often overlook Garcia. This oversight can be attributed to his unique approach to music, the niche the Grateful Dead carved within the music…

The notion of a “race war” represents a deeply entrenched societal issue, informed by a complex history of racial and cultural divisions that manifest in both overt conflicts and subtler forms of societal segregation. My journey through the academic realms of the Antebellum South, the Civil War at the University of Georgia, Islamic civilizations at…

The following is a transcription of the spoken word. Living in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia, I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. I’ve been outside society’s box most of my life, first as a Deadhead (yup, followed ’em around, no fixed address), then remote working in 1997 (way before it was cool), and…