PinnedPublished inILLUMINATIONStillnessAs modern life has increasingly become urbanized for many or most people, so has the ubiquity of disturbance. By disturbance I mean sonic…May 12, 2021May 12, 2021
How to Quit Smoking (or Less Hubristically, How I Quit Smoking. Maybe it will work for you, too.)I started smoking regularly at a young age, around 11 or 12 as I recall. Both parents smoked, so getting cigarettes was easy — there were…Jan 16Jan 16
The Parable of the Trip That Wasn’tBack in late 2022, I booked a Celebrity Cruises 10 day “Wine Cruise,” sailing from Sydney, Australia, departing on December 1, 2024. A good…Dec 17, 2024Dec 17, 2024
Published inILLUMINATIONSnakebit in Peru (all photos by author)A phenomenon many professionals in hospitality will agree exists is a true rarity of rarities: the Snakebit customer. The snake in this…Jul 16, 2024Jul 16, 2024
Published inILLUMINATIONNo Nightingale, But FlorenceTo begin, I confess to having become a fan of Delta Vacations [For the record, I do not now, and never have, worked for Delta. I am not…Jul 15, 2024Jul 15, 2024
Year end 2023Around the sun we’ve gone again At least that’s nearly so I wonder now from where we stand Which way we next should goDec 24, 2023Dec 24, 2023
2022 Year EndAnnually, instead of mailing Christmas/Holiday cards, I compose a poem capturing impressions of mine from the year gone (or nearly gone)…Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
Published inILLUMINATION’S MIRRORHyundai Kona Electric An Excellent Car Whose Reputation Has Suffered at the Hands of…HyundaiI am the happy owner of a 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric. When I decided to go EV in early 2020, I began searching for one due to positive…May 21, 2022May 21, 2022
EVolutionary ThinkingIn early 2020, when motor vehicle traffic came to a near standstill as Covid related shutdowns took effect, Utah’s Salt Lake Valley air…Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022