Could home and the ocean save my body electric?

The change in the seasons has me edgy this year. I can feel an undercurrent running through me that has me looking for Whitman warning me to sing my body electric. I felt its thrill in a breeze that refused to die in a clinging summer’s finger tips just this…

Community is all about me. Seriously.

   My concept of community has evolved throughout certain periods of my life. I was naive enough when I was younger to believe that if I were loyal to my community than that loyalty would be returned.  Whether this “community” was my school, work, church or literal community, it didn’t…

This is Why Seeking Authenticity is not the Same as Being Real

We have created an impossible standard under which to achieve happiness as adults.  I am primarily referring to an epidemic that spreads faster than head lice and it’s this idea of authenticity or being true to yourself. I suppose this is where I should insert my disclaimer that in no way…