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by Michael Parise | Feb 4, 2016
Change and I don’t always get along. I welcome change when I can see some logic in it, some reason I need it in my life at the time. But then I get defensive when I’m expected to change “just because”, without justification, or in order to give advantage to the few...
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by Michael Parise | Jul 25, 2015
All of us (I hope) agree on the five human senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. When we hear about the “sixth sense” though, what comes to mind? New Age theory? Feminine perception? The sixth sense is something we all have and is underappreciated:...
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by Michael Parise | Apr 23, 2015
Remembrance has become a huge, multi-billion dollar industry. We erect memorials both to fallen heroes and politicians with questionable ethics. We send cards to mark special occasions. Whole religious traditions, both good and bad are based on the remembrance of...
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by Michael Parise | Jan 2, 2015
I feel very lucky lately. The other day I looked across the pond just feet away from my back yard pool and there was a majestic great blue heron. A few feet away swam a snake bird plying the water for fish. Later in the day a red shouldered hawk alighted on the...
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by Michael Parise | Sep 16, 2014
Discovering the meaning of life has long been the butt of cartoons, as the pilgrim climbs the mountain to seek the truth from the all-knowing hermit. The film “The Razor’s Edge” even depicted this scene as the idealistic Tyrone Power sought to fight against the...
