Common Scents

I saw a man and a woman walking up the trail from Carkeek Canyon toward the parking lot yesterday as we were about to pull out and the tranquility of the moment was lost in hypocrisy, mine and theirs. We love to walk in Carkeek Canyon at least once a month. It is just a … Continue reading →

One God

Since you go to a church, any church, I think you should consider a few things about your belief in God, His “son”, The Holy Ghost, virgin births, The Assumption, transubstantiation and His famously inspired book, the Bible, which will never be mentioned in your church (or any other church). Think of this as a … Continue reading →

My belief

I have been an atheist as long as I can remember. My parents took me to a Unitarian church when I was very little. Later, when we were living in a small town in upstate New York I attended an Episcopal church, due almost entirely, I suspect, to the efforts of my stepmother. When I … Continue reading →

Why I Hate Christmas or How Santa Ruins Everything

I didn’t get any Christmas presents the year my parents got divorced. My mother was busy playing Handel in Heidelberg and my father was busy conducting Handel in Syracuse; and I was home alone on Christmas Eve. I was eight. I remember searching the house for evidence of Christmas munificence but there was nothing in … Continue reading →