I was meeting with my men’s group yesterday when one of the guys got a text message from his sister in San Bernardino telling him of the shootings that had just occurred. My first reaction was visceral. I felt a wave of nausea, followed by feeling enraged. I had no idea at the time who
Once again we are shocked, sickened, and frightened as we come to grips with another mass killing. We want to do something to feel safe again and often we are told we must “fight fire with fire.” One headline read: France vows to punish ISIS for fatal Paris attacks. We can all empathize with those
Last 4th of July Carlin and I decided to get out of town and watch the parade in Mendocino. I brought a book to read while we waited for the parade to begin–Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for the Future of the Earth by Alan Weisman. Weisman also wrote the widely acclaimed The World Without
Mass killings in our society are becoming more and more common. We all deal with the trauma in our own ways. Writing helps me. In 2012 I wrote an article for the Huffington Post about 20 year-old Adam Lanza who killed 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Violence by young men seems
The Northern California fires have hit close to home. One of the employees of our local hospital lost his house and all the family possessions on Sunday. Other friends are taking in families who have lost everything. Every one of these statistics has a personal story attached: Valley fire (as of September 16, 7:00 a.m.)
On June 12, 1965 I walked across the stage at U.C. Santa Barbara to receive my diploma and met my long-lost father. I hadn’t seen him since I was six years old, but I knew it was him. I hadn’t heard anything about him since he escaped from Camarillo State Mental Hospital. When I looked
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