The great enemy of grief is hope. Hope is the four-letter word for people who are unwilling to know things for what they are. Our time requires us to be hope-free. To burn through the false choice of being hopeful…

On 20 February 2019 I chatted with Daniel Geery. The resulting audio recording is embedded in the clip below.

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos ~ Stephen Jay Gould   I finally received a…

I was interviewed by psychologist Peter Miller for the sixth time on 18 February 2019. The interview is embedded below, and is followed by a list of our interactions to date.   Round 1, 21 October 2018 Miller’s article about…

When the situation is hopeless, there’s nothing to worry about ~ Edward Abbey   We generally view mundane, everyday tasks as activities to be avoided, or at least rushed to completion. We must get them “out of the way” so…

  Recently published: McPherson, Guy R. 2019. Only Love Remains: Dancing at the Edge of Extinction. Woodthrush Productions, New York. Paper edition Kindle edition   McPherson, Guy R. 2019. Revised Second Edition of Going Dark. Woodthrush Productions, New York. Paper edition…

Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face ~ Augusten Burroughs   Regular readers of my work might recall a time I was routinely assailed for not "joining forces" with the…