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Mugs, tote bags, iPhone cases, tee shirts, and other pragmatic goods affiliated with this website and especially with the book, Ms. Ladybug and Mr. Honeybee: A Love Story at the End of Time, are available here (and also on Redbubble). I…

Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. ~…

There is a time for work, and a time for love. That leaves no other time. ~ Coco Chanel   Technically, we are not headed into a recession, not even a brutal one. We are in the midst of the…

If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture -- that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves. ~ Edward Abbey   As I have explained repeatedly…

It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave ~ Edward Abbey   As with all the essays I post in this space, I have been thinking about…

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on…