On the train to Delhi a few days ago, I watched a group of four men traveling together. They had the seats right in the middle of the chair car compartment – the ones which face each other [...]

Listen to the song first. The music is as powerful as the words. My famous last words Are laying around in tatters Sounding absurd Whatever I try But I love you And that’s all that really [...]

Being deaf is lonely. Life swirls around you while you miss the jokes, lose the thread, confuse the issues, and draw the wrong conclusions. People forget you even while you are sitting right [...]

This story is right up my alley of crazy, coincidental, meant-to-be-moments. Too many things colliding. Too many “signs.”  You all know I love signs. You all know I do not believe in [...]

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”      Wendell [...]

  It has been over a month since I have written anything here. Unprecedented for me and I’m not here to explain or make excuses. Sometimes life takes over so thoroughly that one needs [...]

If you read this blog, if you receive our calendar, if you ever look at our website – you know Ken Carl. You may not realize it, but you do. He created our poster child in this now-iconic [...]

I spent the last three weeks living out of bags. I took this photo on the 2nd day of my trip because it amused me and because I was traveling very light that particular day and feeling just a bit [...]