The Screaming Pope

How does one handle suffering? Numbness or rage are both symptoms of Grief. Antigone famously rages at Creon's refusal to allow her to b...

The Orient Express is a legendary train that has since become a curiosity and whim indulged in by wealthy esthetes like the late William F. ...

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) In theory an enormous asteroid hit the earth precipitating the Ice Age which destroyed a reptilian civilizatio...

Have you ever had the experience of not recognizing someone you knew long ago? And or of finding a once familiar face lost in flesh? You may...

The rain forest is the epitome of life. In the winter flocks of geese fly south, along with the Monarchs who vacation in Mexico. The solitar...

On a quotidian level consider a situation where you feel  obligated to show up for a friend or family member when you would rather be at the...

Dan Simmons' science fiction novel Hyperion about a group of space pilgrims is a homage to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales . Though the sett...