THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

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  • Narrow the Gate

    Like in that pecan grove, we all face daunting hazards that prevent our spiritual rebirth. Distractions squirrel away our free time, a job’s drudgery just to feed the belly dulls the mind. We rot in the shade of a towering mentor and fail to mature.

  • A Rival Religion

    The exponential growth in AI computer technology will have a dehumanizing effect, especially when combined with American selfish, materialistic indulgence. As our civilization begins to die morally and spiritually, there appears the vulture: communism.

  • Them!

    I freaked out this morning when I saw black Argentine ants attempting to take over my kitchen.

  • Lessons in Landlording

    The next 27 years saw some hundred tenants come and go. I grew weary of hassles with late or unpaid rent, and the pains of maintenance problems like rusting handrails, leaky roofs, and repairs after robbery break-ins. I found a renter dead from a drug overdose. One tenant threatened to beat me up and kill…

  • The Butterfly

    “I learned to pray with a sharp focal image and experienced some extraordinary abilities.

  • The Camelot Myth

    “If I don’t have sex every day, I get a headache,” Kennedy used to tell people who would listen

  • Bogart’s Hug

    The 160 # poodle got up on his hind legs and actually hugged me.

  • Love of Money

    it’s an innate sense of justice that everyone has deep down inside. It induces even an art thief to adjust a priceless museum painting that’s tilted to one side, so it hangs just right before he robs it. The canyon between the rich and poor so deeply divides us, even the robber barons ache to…

  • Civilization Devolved

    I went alone for a long walk around my neighborhood after California’s self-quarantine advisory. A bit fatigued, I sat to rest on a bus-stop metal bench, the kind with handles between the seats. The traffic at this local intersection was now a tenth of the usual rush hour traffic. A Sprinter trolley pulled into the…

  • The Banyan Tree

    We visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1987 and took a tour of Lahaina, the former royal capital on Maui. In that small town, the activity was along Front Street lined with stores and restaurants, and packed with tourists. In the middle of the historic district, Banyan Court Park featured an exceptional banyan tree, which I later…