Why This Book and Why Now?
The Birth of Being Essential Being Essential is a book that wanted to happen, and it wanted to happen in a powerful way that was not entirely visible to me until I was well into writing it. It happened in a series of what seemed like coincidences that seemed to [...]
Why You Drink (or Don’t Drink) Coffee
I noticed this on my third cup this morning: Andrew Giambrone writing in The Atlantic says new research seems to suggest that coffee drinking isn't as much a personal choice as a genetic choice. A study released last Tuesday by an international consortium of caffeine scholars may help explain why some [...]
On the Beach, While the World Burns
Eden, Australia – December 31, 2019: Tourists, a father and daughter at the beach in Eden by the evacuation center. (Joachim Zens) In the winter of 1961, my family moved to Frankston, a small beach town on the southern coast of Australia. Frankston is the last suburb south [...]
