“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent…

  I had originally titled this post “Homeless: Traveling the Timeline of Now”, but I find that I often get a very strong reaction to the word homeless. When peo…

“My survival alone was a miracle.” Diagnosed in 2002 with a life threatening head and neck cancer, Liam Ryan’s doctors told him he should have never survived. B…

Have you been curious about a zen retreat, such as meditating at Upaya or perhaps visiting Tibet?   Images of smiling Buddhist monks, flowing robes and the soun…

Loyal, strong, determined, resilient, compassionate, honest, and brave. Charles Frederick Porter II was born in Oxford England to an English mother with Jewish…

This blog entry is compliments of Bhava Ram, former NBC war correspondent. His tale is nothing short of amazing. Here is an overview of his new book, Warrior Po…

Amy Black is a renowned tattoo artist and owner of her studio, Amy Black Tattoo. With a background in fine art, her love of tattoos started in college where she…

Starting in 2006, Cancer Pathways of Seattle, Washington started a unique program called Cancer Unwrapped Writing Contest. This program uses the power of writin…

How Do You Face Your Mortality – Or Do You? Most of us live as though we’ll go on forever. I know I did at one time. The idea of being mortal was a concept, one…

I’m going on 12 years of surviving a terminal cancer diagnosis. I have to let that sink in sometimes. I consider myself very fortunate that the aggressive treat…