Every day can be the trip of a lifetime.
Our two month trip last summer brought us to India, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia. I brought along an AKAI MPK mini play keyboard to capture some creative ideas while traveling. I started an exercise writing different chords progressions to evoke certain feelings - happy, dark, sad, uplifting, etc. I would use the AKAI (midi) … Continue reading Another New Single
I know I write a lot about meditation here. It's something that I've practiced for decades and I find it a very valuable tool for living, especially in the face of death. For the past 6 years my practice has been a combination of three things: impermanence, mindfulness, and cause and effect. Impermanence is a … Continue reading 7. Self Connection & Self Reflection
Sometimes the hardest part about writing a blog post or article or book for that matter, is the title. If the title doesn't grab your attention you may just skip over it. It's really tough. And when I try to come up with a clever title, so that you'll be motivated to read, I feel … Continue reading 6. Approaching Death: Watching & Understanding the Mind
Death is inevitable. You've heard that before. Many times. There is no way around death. It's a fact of life. Yet we either ignore it hoping it will go away, or it scares the shit out of us if we think about it for too long. When we think about it and dwell on it … Continue reading 5. Death, Meditation & A Chance Encounter
I was diagnosed in Spring of 2021 and was immediately treated with a hormone blocker (not hormones). This hormone blocker shuts down the production of testosterone in the body. Testosterone is the "food" for the prostate cancer. This body would not be producing testosterone for the time being and there would be many physical changes … Continue reading 4. What It’s Like Day to Day with Stage IV Cancer
After I was first diagnosed I began to notice that my inevitable death didn't seem that foreign of a subject to me. I took plenty of time to reflect and take stock of the past sixty-plus years of this life, and I saw many examples of death. Examples that I now realize were meant to … Continue reading 3. A Lifetime of Preparing For Death
It doesn't make sense. It has never made sense. I was at my annual PCP doctor's appointment in Spring of 2021 and everything seemed fine. There was one minor concern though. My PSA test, which I've done every year for decades, was a tiny bit out of range. Normal range is 1-4, mine came back … Continue reading 2. Diagnosis – Getting to Stage IV Cancer, Seemingly Overnight.
Most mornings at home we brew some tea and read aloud to each from a book containing astrological, tarot and numerology insights for the day. Part of the practice is a ritual or sometimes a writing prompt. Today's reading prompted me to contact three friends and ask "what is the greatest lesson you've learned so … Continue reading 1. Life’s Biggest Lesson (so far)
In early July of 2018, during our year of traveling, we stopped in Malaysia. It was on the advice of a friend. We had no fixed plan except to be in Cape Town, South Africa sometime in early August. I had no idea at the time that I would fall madly in love with this … Continue reading Malaysia is a Country
Back in April I was on a flight to Qatar on my way to Bangkok. The young man sitting next to me, a PHD candidate from Boston, was on his way to Java, Indonesia. During the course of our conversation I found out he was married to an Indonesian woman and would be spending the … Continue reading Where to? First-time trip recommendation from a stranger: Java, Indonesia.
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