Eclectic Mind

Clean Air and Water A couple of weeks ago, there was a terrible accident in a pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington where 11 people lost their lives and 7 others were injured.

10 Essentials Every few months I'll look at YouTube and watch a couple of videos done by GQ magazine with celebrities showing and talking about their "10 Essentials".

Credo I first wrote a credo in the late 1990s, and last revised it in 2011.

Limitarianism Political philosopher Ingrid Robeyns believes that there should be a maximum amount of money and resources that one person can have.

Doing Things You Don't Have To Do “In my book, there’s a long list of things that I consider could come under the headline of art.

Unselfish Joy For Others In Sanskrit, there’s a term called mudita.

Good Enough There is nothing wrong with you.

You Are Not An Algorithm Don’t obsess over self-optimisation and biohacking.

An Author: Jess Walter Rather than write about one book, I’m highlighting an author.

Homes vs.

Influence There has been a lot of talk for many years about recognizing the rights of many groups of people who are marginalized in some way.

EDC 2025 This is an update of my current EDC.

Airshows and the 1990 Gulf War In the 1980s, for awhile, I enjoyed air shows that included Air Force F-15s, the Navy Blue Angels in F-14 Tomcats or F/A-18 Hornets, or the Canadian Snowbirds.

Passing on the Pentecostal Life I grew up with an uncle by marriage to my Mother’s sister who was both a Pentecostal preacher and a car salesman.

Ecotopia One of the most influential books for me was the 1975 novel Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach.

Letting Go I had the happy circumstance of two messages from different sources intersecting on the same topic.