I first got the idea of moving to Europe when I went on a summer program to Bregenz, Austria with a program from my university back in 1982. I had taken a year of German, and was looking forward to seeing what Europe was all about and the prospect of…

I came to the back of the store and before me was a long counter backed with a long rack and as I looked at that I realized that this represented a large part of the retail business of the store I was in and that this store’s name wasn’t…

Falsehood: The Path that Leads to the Labyrinth of Sin My interpretation of the Genesis metaphor about the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Knowledge, the Forbidden Fruit, the Serpent, and the end of the relationship that a human being can have with God and residence in Heaven is really…

The goal of life is to achieve happiness. I believe most people would agree with this hypothesis. However, to live in a state of happiness there are some elements that have to be fulfilled and some life disciplines that must be practiced in order to achieve it. Happiness is like…

Immigration, migration, racism, and the American Dream The American Dream is something Americans have been proud of since the term came into fashion during the Industrial Revolution. For me it is the concept that claims that anyone who has a dream can make it come true in the United States…

In the book Boredom to Brilliance I write about the sacred commission everyone gets in life to pursue what has been placed in their hearts and minds to do and to apply the artistic method described in the book to perfect it. Ironically the sacred commission I got has been…

In order to feel comfortable in your own skin you have to be comfortable about being who you really are in spite of what other people think. I’ve always been sort of jealous of gay people who come out of the closet about their sexuality because it seems like it…

June 16, 2019, Martin, Tennessee – Father’s Day Adding a blog post journal about my life is something I have always thought was a large part of what having a personal blog is all about. My father and I travelled to Martin, Tennessee this weekend to celebrate Father’s Day with…

Music has been my driving force since I first became bitten by the lure of the all powerful effect music had on me and has on people all over the world. It was my artistic medium where I could pour my entire being into the development of a vocalist, multi-lingual…