dolphin dreams we are ONE … breaking NEWS!

Just wanted to share the most amazing thing that happened to me recently, back in the winter months. I went to the sea, equipped with my trusty neoprene wetsuit, and slowly entered the frigid Gulf of Mexico waters off Siesta Key in Sarasota Since the water temp was below 60 degrees, I had the sea…

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Never Give UP! There’s Always Hope

I was talking to some friends the other day, and for a change the conversation was not about bin Laden’s killing, but another cause for unease felt by many citizens of South America (where these two friends originally happened to be from). Both men were ex-pats living in America for many years, having given up…

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Thinking Outside the Box

My thoughts have been centered on just that lately — how to think, and then, act! — by expanding my awareness of how things really are, outside the box. This effort has been thrust upon me by a series of events in my own life — but each and every one of us, and collectively…

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Breaking the Ice

“You have to make art stronger than life so people can feel it. Like Franz Kafka says, ‘you have to take an aX to the frozen sea in people’s hearts.’” quoted from Annie Liebowitz, photographer. What does it mean, to me, to “break the ice in people’s hearts”? As an artist, a writer, and a…

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Great News, my Friends!

Yes, the oil leak in the Gulf may be soon fixed, Obama says on the news this afternoon. BUT…I have some other great news I want to share with you. Today I’ve created a special blog specifically for the world publication of my spiritual autobiography, formerly known as “dharma brat” and now retitled “Outsider One”…

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The River of Truth Runs Through Us

This is in response to a friend who wrote and asked me, “Why isn’t everyone interested in becoming enlightened, when all I see is the River of Truth that runs through all things, everywhere. When I speak with my mother and brother it’s like they don’t even understand what i’m talking about, my passion for…

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Keeping Focused

Staying focused on what I know i’m here to do doesn’t stop the distractions, just makes for more choices to be made. So many things going on. many wants to do, places to see, people to do them with. How to ever choose which to do, because of course I want to do them all, like…

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a delicious meal from T Lord;s kitchen

    i am on the last leg of my journey to costa rica, and am presently staying with our good friend, the mystical landscape painter tomas sanchez. using his computer is the first opportunity i;ve had to quietly and … peacefully share what;s been going on with lordflea. please excuse the peculiar typos, as…

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divertido en paradaiso–having fun in paradise!

hola mis amigos, my consort carter and i are on our way to the capitol of costa rica, to join our yoga friends for an evening of chanting and meditation, our favorite pasttime no matter where we are. whether in the city or the idyllic jungles of central america, nothing makes us happier than to…

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Hola de la Pura Vida—hello from the Pure Life

Friends, here I am in Costa Rica, surrounded by the primoridal sound of howler monkeys waking me up, the toucans chirping me to sleep, and the smiling faces of the people, los ticos, greeting me wherever i go.  After working hard on first a novel, and then a nonfiction proposal, my brain needed nothing but…

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