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Jim Morrison. Earnest Hemingway. Vincent Van Gogh. Charles Bukowski. These guys were just a few of my many excuses to keep drinking. They were, after all, creative and famous. And I was certain they got that way because they drank. So I had to keep drinking to achieve the same. Heck, if Bukowski’s real life …
It was a warm and enchanting day in New York City when I saw the puke gold couch standing proudly at the Bensonhurst Salvation Army. His seat was long and lean, his woodwork ornate and powerful (albeit chipped). His cushions and back were adorned with the most putrid-colored gold velvet I ever did see. His …
Gaze up into a starry sky and it’s easy to be convinced the universe is magical. And its power becomes even more magical when we realize how closely it’s listening to everything we say to deliver exactly what we ask for. The big danger here, however, is when we inadvertently ask for the wrong thing. …
Whether it’s a cockroach or a dazzling gemstone, everything in the universe has a vibrational frequency. You can often feel the vibrational levels of certain objects – especially the ones that give off creepy vibes. You can also pick up on the vibes of other folks, again, especially when they’re creepy. What’s your vibrational frequency? …
Whether we’re checking the weather in Memphis or seeing how many Facebook Likes we got on our latest lame joke, we’re on our smartphones all day long. And our phones are good at keeping it that way. Say we go to respond to a single email, and the next thing we know we’re checking 306 …
Mondays have a reputation for being irritating, but I recently took it to a whole new level. A pal of mine who said she’d attend an event at which I was speaking texted me to say she wasn’t going to go after all. I nearly blew a gasket. Actually, consider the gasket blown. I started …
Abalone is a unique healing crystal as it’s one of the few (or only?) that people actually eat. They don’t eat the colorful shell, of course, but they do eat the meaty, muscular mollusk found inside. In addition to sating your physical appetite, abalone brings on a batch of emotional, mental and spiritual benefits (not …
If you would have asked me a couple months back what peacock ore looked like, or what healing crystals were good for repelling demons, I would have given you a blank stare. But now I can confidently tell you that peacock ore is a brightly colored, metallic stone that looks like it belongs in a …
Travel was such fun for everyone when I used to drink and fly, the entire airplane once erupted in cheers. That’s right. On an extended flight to Germany, all passengers cheered heartily and loudly – or so I was later told – after my hours-long drunken babble finally stopped because I passed out. Why flying …
Have you ever had a moment, or perhaps an entire day, where everything unfolds beautifully, naturally and beneficially? Time seems to evaporate, and you may even enter a trance-like state as you move in total harmony and peace without judgment or the need to control. Yeah, it’s pretty dang cool. And that’s a general overview …