Coolness Amplifier — What is it about a pair of Shades that makes you feel so cool? It’s like a mask how it can withhold part of your identity, yet it can add a degree of mystery to your appeal. How curious that a simple covering can add some quality while simultaneously…

On men, and the crutch of seeking partner validation — It always feels good being acknowledged for things we know, do, or have done, whether or not we desire the praise. It boosts our dopamine having our perceptions or what we hold as true to be validated. …

Creating abundance within our local communities — This story contains affiliate links. If you click on one of them and make a purchase I’ll receive a commission Telling Times If the great pandemic taught us anything, it’s that we rely too greatly on centralized production, especially when it comes to our food. Although mass-producing such large quantities of…

Advice I’d give my younger self on finding happiness. — ‘I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.’ — Diane Ackerman As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to reflect upon my earlier years. I’ve always…

The Repulsiveness of Beauty There seems (to me) to be a point when certain particularly attractive people become aware of themselves and begin realizing the advantages and privileges that their beauty welcomes. All genders have their lot of those that embrace and wield the power of their appeal to their own advantage. We see…

Flames can burn so strong

I was just 19 when she died and extremely ill-prepared and naive to the realities of the world I would eventually come to learn. She was a single mother for many years. She did have a fiance but he wasn’t very fatherly. I learned some valuable information from him but…

Our quest for truth — Yours, mine, and ours. “Story telling is about connecting to other people and helping people to see what you see.” — Michael Margolis No one likes a lecture despite the value it may bring to one’s life. But stories have a different effect on us. …

The Real Welfare Queens I stopped giving a crap about corporations. like, all of them. I’m tired of business as it is practiced under capitalism because it is nothing more than a few pieces of shit for humans doing whatever it takes to squeeze every drop of sweat, calories, and cent out of…