The answer to the question “How” is easy. The answer to the question “Why” is impossible: it doesn’t exist yet.
In Journalism 101, one learns that the essence of good reporting is answering six basic questions: who, what, why, where, when, and how. …
My retirement rehearsal™ is over: I’m starting a new job next week: Jeee! 😰 Being happily without a job for the past couple of months got me into a very relaxed, almost zen state of mind. Now, I’ll have to get back to the daily grind: resisting it is futile…
The legend has it that the famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) always wrote seven copies of his works, each previous one serving as a draft for the next one. Only the seventh copy was good enough for publishing.
Although it may sound excessive, it emphasizes several important points about…
“Each man’s life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No man has ever been entirely and completely himself.”
― Hermann Hesse
Since childhood, I have always wanted to draw comics. I was immersed in that world entirely, and there’s nothing…
You can’t change your past — it’s gone. You can’t change your future — it hasn’t happened yet. All you can really do is take care of things that are in front of you right now, and hope for the best.
People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long
— Johnny Depp
On Sept. 12. of this year, Novak Djoković was on the verge of achieving a great tennis feat — Grand Slam — winning all four major titles in a calendar year. When Rod…
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
I’m not here to make money. Although some of my stories are behind a paywall, it’s more to make up $5 for the Medium subscription 😃. I consider writing a hobby, a welcome distraction from everyday worries, and a way to clear my mind by thinking aloud. Also, I’m not…
