​As I tossed back my morning dose of Instagram posts and memes, I came across a national geographic photograph of the river terrapin turtle of Cambodia. Maybe you’ve seen him. Midway through a strand of facts about how turtles have been roaming the planet for over 200 million years, the journalist informed his followers that it was national turtle day. I Immediately thought back to the turtle I spotted at the civic center pond a few days ago, still as the stones on which he w

​“Perfect lets you stall, ask more questions, do more reviews, dumb it down, safe it up and generally avoid doing anything that might fail (or anything important). You’re not in the perfect business. Stop pretending that’s what the world wants from you. Truly perfect is becoming friendly with your imperfections on the way to doing something remarkable.” - Seth Godin This traveled through my senses, past my analytical mind, and into my gut as an invaluable piece of writing adv

Last Wednesday I read this New Yorker article exploring the history and present implications of conspiracy theories in America (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/whats-new-about-conspiracy-theories). The next day, on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Experts” Historian, Noah Harari discussed how humankind has been spinning and spreading fictions--religious, political, social--for thousands of years. While the narratives upholding religions were his most forthcoming examples