Ballast: Letting Go With Grace

Ballast: Letting Go With Grace

Ballast: Letting Go With Grace   Ballast is an interesting word. It was originally a nautical term for heavy material carried in the hold of a ship, especially if the ship had no cargo. Later, it spoke of the weight placed in hot-air balloons, to give them...
Junk Food For the Soul

Junk Food For the Soul

Junk Food For The Soul   For decades, every New Age Expert I ran across held that eating animal flesh was spiritual bad news. It was touted to be honoring sacred life, ecologically sound, kinder and healthier to eschew (and not to chew) “anything that used to...
Age Is Just A Number

Age Is Just A Number

Age Is Just A Number   There are two kinds of people: those who have more time behind them than ahead of them, and those who have more time ahead of them than behind them. The supposedly traditional view of the former is that they keep looking at where they’ve...
‘Punt’ Is Not A Dirty Word

‘Punt’ Is Not A Dirty Word

‘Punt’ Is Not A Dirty Word   We in the US have a saying: When in doubt, punt. Punt in this case is neither the little British boat nor a reference to gambling.   In US football, it’s when standard running plays aren’t going to work.   So you punt –...