I tentatively step from the solid floor onto the ice rink. Over a hundred tiny kids, a few teenagers, and one or two grown ups are buzzing around the rink in varying degrees of control. With everyone going counter-clockwise, it’s like ...
It’s a rough day on the North Shore of Maui. Driving to Baldwin Beach, I pass by Ho’okipa, the famous windsurfing beach, where the waves are at least 15-feet high. I almost drive off the road trying to watch the surfers. From this ...
When I was in my early thirties and a cocky young art history professor living in Toronto, Canada, the editor of artscanada asked me to write a feature article on Gershon Iskowitz, one of Canada’s foremost painters. I knew ...
I love yelling. Just about every day I get to yell at the top of my lungs far out in the ocean and then laugh hysterically at the tragedy and the hilarity of life. These are not wimpy yells; they’re from the gut, give it ...
Footprints in the Sand There’s a well-worn expression amongst those who live on the islands, and those that dream about living on them. It’s the idea that “Life’s a Beach,” a life of sun, sand, ocean, warm ...
I’m a guy, but I really don’t know much about guys. I’m not a high testosterone type like George Clooney, Brad Pitt or Matt Damon, who, at least in my active imagination, love to hang out with each other, get drunk, and play ...
Lemons to Melons Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Marianne Williamson I’m just not good ...
I’ve been having fun playing with my waterproof videocam out on the ocean on the South shore of Maui.
Sooner or later it happens to all of us. I’m in my very first “home health care” store. You know, the ones with the crutches and bedpans in the window. I’m waiting for my appointment with James, who is going to set me up with a ...
One of my favorite quotes is: “Choose peace of mind as your greatest priority, and then organize your entire life around it.” Until recently I thought that having “peace of mind” meant getting all the externals ...
