A method to clear a living space from built up negative energy taught by our chiropractor in Oregon City, the mixture of Epsom salts and Rubbing Alchohol can be set ablaze, moved around the house, a prayer of clearing negative feelings and then dousing and removing the remains can offer solace to those experience a "bad vibe" around the place.

This song is one of many inspired by my precious First Born. He is my muse as his antics through the years formented consternation, frustration and joy. He can hold the most complicated interactions in his head while placing objects around as if they will turn invisible. Impressive to say the least.

There was once four cats living together in disharmony, to guide them back to unity they needed a physical embodiment of the Gettysburg Address; I played with them all at once. They just required a reminder of their common fealty and mutual benefit.

For TLC to work, one must be reminded that Happy Wife, Happy Life. Sometimes that can't possibly be achieved so every tool must be attempted. One is soap.

Chaos, dust and despair seem to build up no matter how much we have done to control them. Constant, loving vigilance to move forward is manifested in one simple act of declaration: Grab a broom.

The Great Disappointments of 1843/1844 ended Baptist Minister William Miller's ministry, yet birthed the rise of Brigham Young, Seventh Day Adventists and the Doomsday Prepper Phenomena. So many sects splintered from this event and countered the Great Enlightenment of Reason preceding it.

Peas and Carrots, War and Peace, Wishes and Fishes: All locked into a Prometheus & Caucasian Eagle dance of liver dinners. Musings can guide us away dialectics to a third option: Open yourself and look outside.

Affluenza punks, Black Hats and Social Media trolls do the most damage when they are allowed to let their games ruin everyone else's fun: Don't let the Bully drag you to the Pit.

Ah, the joys of nostalgia! A jaundaced eye backward does more damage than a rosy view of the future. Reasonably tempering a balance seems the course to run.

Faith and Fortune may seem to be inextricably linked, but they are not. It is faith that brings bouyancy to life, it is better to float than sink. It is fortune that rises and falls dependent on the moon, the wind, the heat and the ice. Faith retains the promise of deliverance.