the cosmic question: why? [Photo of a dying star, spewing innards]

It was below 40 degrees this morning as I stood at a high spot overlooking lower Otay Lakes. It's sunny, but for San Diego, especially east Chula Vista, THAT is cold! But it's midweek of the last week into my …

'... I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.' --Anne Frank My situation is absolutely incomparable to what Anne Frank went through during the …

I read of this concept from the book "Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing" by Frederick Franck. He tried to explain it as “the perception of a sacred presence in all things…perceptible only as long as it is not verbalized". I believe …

It was about the day after I got laid-off in October of 2008 when I took this photo at the lake (also, my profile pic). I woke up early as usual. I dropped off my son Kristof at Eastlake High …

I ran to Mt. Hawk at 5:01 PM, Saturday night, January 10th, to witness what NASA touted as the “biggest and brightest one of 2009". The NASA statement continued saying, this month’s full moon will appear about 14 percent bigger …

I mean, I'm still part of that 6.7 % unemployment rate. Thursday morning, I watched President-elect Obama's speech on the state of economy. He said the situation may be bad now, but if we don't act soon, it can get …

Keep driving east of Olympic Parkway from I-805, past the US Olympic Training Center, and you'll find Mt. Hawk. Park. Walk to the gazebo across the park, stand quietly and be in awe. Before you is a grand view of …