Cemeteries are just a little snazzier in Mexico than they are in the States, don't you think? They are actually more festive in many countries; just look at the time commitment and acts of love...
The sun cast a fractured shadow at the end of the pool. The shadows looked like lined-up carrots, each of them an oddly-twigged shape that lay side by side, row by row. The crystal...
Last Sunday was Beethoven's birthday.
Listen to his Ninth Symphony. It was written less than three years before he died, long after he had gone completely deaf. More than an hour in length, it is best...
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve.
--Lao Tzu...
I'm more of a theater buff and musical follower than an Opera lover, yet I've seen several around the world over the years, including London, Sydney, Boston, New York, LA and San Francisco. Now that...
At TED last year, I had the pleasure of meeting, chatting and dancing with performance talent Kenichi Ebina. At this year's San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival, he and new partner Takahiro Ueno blew the...
It's no surprise that pioneer William Blodgett left the East Coast, embarked on a wild west adventure across country and founded Blodgett Oregon in the 1800s. Much of Oregon's natural surroundings remind me of the...
Check out The Soul of a Nice Guy, now on Amazon. A snapshot of Aaron Swar’s writing here:
The spring school term was mercifully ending, and as I rallied my students to push themselves toward Interior...
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