From the Mark Twain Dinette

(Photo by Rodger C. Birt) Walking past a blue car on my way back from the toilet at a rest…

Pop Psy Ops & Fake News

Broadcast news is increasingly paid for, less and less objective. More people are turning to the social media landscape, a…

Not the kind of animals you think

Time is speeding up. American cultural configuration has evolved to the degree that old-style counter cultural behaviors no longer have…

Passage and healing with entheogens

An entheogen (meaning, literally, “generator of the divine within”) is a psychoactive substance – including peyote, psilocybin (mushrooms), uncured tobacco,…

High along the Silk Road

The theme of this year’s Mother’s High Tea was Tea Along the Silk Road. I assembled and helped hang collapsible…

Night Vision

Publishing a new book felt like shedding your skin. Once it came fully off, it was a dessicated shell of…