Category: On My Mind
Opening our minds, our eyes, our hearts we could grow and learn… We could be truer to ourselves
We have the propensity to: See what we want to see… Hear what we want to hear… Believe what we want to beleave… Reject what we don’t want to be… We have the ability to See what is there… Hear what is said… Believe what is factual… Reject what is deceptive… Both our propensity and…
How These Essays Get Made (and many of my other writings)
June 13, 2026 Someone asked me recently how I go about putting these essays together. I thought it was worth sharing, because the process itself is part of the story. It starts with a conversation — usually with Gemini. The reason I landed on Gemini first is simple: I use Google almost exclusively on my…
B-Color Sweet Corn
May 31, 2026 We had a wonderful surprise Saturday. Our neighbors Carl and Carrie drove up to Charlie’s U-Pik in Wiggins and stopped by on their way home to gift us three large cantaloupes and a fifty-pound sack of bi-color sweet corn. We cooked three ears Saturday evening and three more tonight — it is…
Memories of our home in Amstelveen, The Netherlands
May 30, 2026 This video below brings back a memory I love to share. Shopping in Holland is a daily affair, largely because the Dutch don’t use preservatives in their packaged foods the way we do. Refrigerators there are tiny, and there are markets in virtually every town. We had a good-sized market about eight…
Our Me Society
4/3/26 A few days ago I was driving to town. I pulled out of our road onto Old Biloxi Road and headed south. It’s a three-lane road — a northbound lane, a southbound lane, and a center left turn only, no passing lane. I had my cruise control set at 41 miles an hour; the…
Thoughts @ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)
After writing a review of this book with the help of research by AI Claude, I asked, “I asked AI Claude to provide a timeline of book burning/book banning episodes in the USA. I then made the statement; I feel we are in one now, what are your thoughts. “ After reading the response I had…
Speaking with my dollar voice
Intro I regularly use four AI tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. While learning, designing, and developing my website, it became clear that I needed the additional capabilities of paid subscriptions (I’ll explain why in a future post). I chose to subscribe to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. As my website work began to scale…
“You’ll see it when you believe it,”
The Psychological Aspect: In modern contexts, it often refers to confirmation bias or the law of attraction. Authors like Wayne Dyer popularized the phrase “You’ll see it when you believe it,” suggesting that our internal beliefs and mindset act as filters that shape how we perceive and experience external reality. Rich’s thoughts; A lie is a lie! Dishonesty is Dishonesty! Deception is a…
Why, On My Mind
This is a space I am creating for discussion around random subjects, subjects motivated by things I read, thoughts stirred by emotions, something I see or hear, something I feel, or a question. There is a form attached to the page where anyone can contribute, ask, or speak; just choose a topic if you want…
