“The John Muir Series: Answering the Call of Life” Part I: Abrupt Climate Change Thursday, 22 March 2018, no-host cocktails/social hour—6 pm, dinner—7:00, program—8:00, intermission—9:00, after hours group discussion—9:15-11:00. Berkeley Yacht Club on the Berkeley Marina, one block north of…

Never has failure been so ardently defended as success ~ John Ralston Saul   I recently read on social media, “the world needs a strong USA.” The comment was in response to the ongoing, accelerating collapse of American Empire, albeit…

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~ Robert Frost   The following messages arrived into my email inbox a few days ago. The sender’s…

I folded Lizzie into small pieces. But the letters did not stop. ~ Sarah Schmidt   Hi, Guy. I hope you're happy (and I don't mean that in a sarcastic way); in other words: I hope you're keeping well. Kind…

Cui bono? (Literally, “for whose benefit?”)~ Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla  I routinely read that my work is rooted in money. This claim, while false, is not surprising. After all, most people work for one reason: money. Lacking passion, lacking purpose,…

When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter. ~ Francis Bacon   The following messages arrived into my email inbox a few days ago. The…