November 22nd, 20182326Attack of the Clones was on TBS the other day. I dutifully and joyfully put it on. This under-appreciated episode of the Saga is much maligned, and I think that is wrong. While viewing this visually stunning masterpiece, I realized that I was reciting all of the lines along with the movie. Like some people sing along to "Bohemian...
September 22nd, 20184279Please allow me to introduce my subject. He is a man of power and strength. He’s been around for long, long years, and laid many a Jedi souls to waste. Staring into our souls from every poster, every toy store peg and the merchandising for The Phantom Menace was this red devil instilling fear and unease. His presence in the...
May 22nd, 20181233This past weekend saw a television and historical event that will be remembered for a generation or so -- The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel, now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. And in our modern echo chamber, you either loved it, had disdain for it, or did not even notice that it happened. I would like to offer that...
April 22nd, 20181259We are quite blessed in this renaissance era of Star Wars creativity. When once we suffered through dark times, we are now embarrassed by riches and opportunity and a wealth of material. These things make us happy. Usually. And the happiness can be expressed in our homes through killer posters or sweet action figure...
March 22nd, 20181367All that I have learned in my line of work is this: Wisdom is eternal, truths are unchanging, and yet they find their eternal expression in temporal ways that can only be perceived by the limitations of mere humans. Throughout my life, all stages, I had looked to Luke for a way to understand some family dynamics and other personal...
December 22nd, 20172147There is nothing you know that can’t be known. Eternity has invaded and fulfilled creation with its fullness. Everything we learn is only that which has been passed on from some masters who found intimate and profound connection to the source of knowledge. And this lesson is at the core of what Master Yoda has been trying to pass...
November 22nd, 20174265Dear readers, I am preparing for quite a funk this coming holiday season. My life is turned upside down. Things are changing, and this is inevitable. Changes have been coming for a while, but we all know that the holiday season can be taxing in such a situation. And I want you to know that I am trying to remain thankful and...
October 22nd, 20172154Some very fun and creative parody accounts are on Twitter, spoofing Kylo Ren’s maudlin behavior, or the loneliness that Luke must be feeling. Whichever comic geniuses were behind them, they had me laughing many times. (And I make no endorsement of any blue material I may be overlooking). They took these iconic characters and...
June 22nd, 2017262“I rebel.” Very simply put, this is the most important thing you can come to grips with, and become part of. And yeah, me, of the first estate by vocation, I will teach this to the bitter end. There are evil and nefarious forces in the world masquerading as goodness, trying to steal the inherent beauty in each of us. There are...
