In the course of writing my four novels, I asked myself repeatedly, “What is freedom?” Eventually I came to realize that there are as many answers to that question as there are human circumstances in this world.
Spirituality
Reiki, Fact or Fiction
What is reiki anyway? Some holistic mumbo-jumbo advanced by charlatans with promises of relief from pain and suffering, where modern medicine and pharmaceuticals have failed – a claim too sweet for the sick and desperate to ignore?
Visionary Fiction Alliance Blog Blessings
What is Visionary Fiction Alliance’s purpose? “Like the Visionary Fiction genre itself, this site is a cooperative work-in-progress designed to respond to the needs and wishes of VF authors and readers. Light on advertising and self-promotion, we strive to provide relevant craft and marketing ideas, notice of events of interest, mutual support, and open discussion.” What is […]
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / Transformational Media
Good acting. Intelligent script. No explicit sex. No violence. Mature actors. Sounds like the formula for disaster, right? Wrong. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a movie based on 2004 novel, These Foolish Things, by Debra Moggach, is proving to be what Hollywood calls a sleeper hit. Some stories have great transformational power, and I applaud The Best Exotic Marigold […]
Freedom is Choice
Giving up freedom I hate losing stuff. I hate losing valuable time. I hate losing friends. I hate losing money. But most of all, I hate losing freedom. I would give up stuff, time, and money for freedom. I’d give up friends who threaten my freedom. Losing my freedom is unacceptable. Pure and simple. Then […]
Musica Universalis or Music of the Spheres
“Musica Universalis,” or Music of the Spheres. What a wonderful ancient philosophical concept. Pythagoras theorized that the Sun, Moon, and planets produce their own unique hums as they move through the universe, and, although physically imperceptible to our ears, this planetary harmony affects the quality of our lives on earth. Modern science probably scoffs at this idea, but […]
