Roll up for the Mystery Tour

Winter and spring were gray and somber. The sun only peaked out in short gaps, but was soon again consumed by the gray blanket and a soft drizzle of rain. In the springtime, we all complained (a national pasttime) about the weather, got upset, but then it broke. The sun shone and [...]

Throughout most of France it’s only 2, but in Aveyron, the department in which I live, we like to do 3. Hellos, as you can imagine, can be quite long. Upon arriving at a family gathering, there can be as many as 40 people there, and the ‘kisses’ add up quick. Even [...]

According to the Official Story, Darwinian evolution, human beings descended from apes into our current form over millions of years.  The modern homo-sapien entered the world roughly 200,000 years ago.  The date is not exact, but as we shall see, nothing in the world of archeology is exact.  It’s a ’science’ of stories and sometimes [...]

The title of this blog started as an ongoing joke/wake-up call between myself and a good friend who was supporting me in a mis-adventure in California.   “It’s a magical mystery tour, brov,” he would say to me again and again as the synchronicities and the bizarre piled ontop of each other.  At first it [...]

The days are the same, it’s only the filler that changes. Every morning, we go around shaking each other’s hands. “Salut,” “Ca va”, “Bonjour.” When the later shifts come on, they do the same, coming to each of our workstations as we rivet aluminum tubes to thick blue or green tarps. [...]

The first shift starts at 5am and I have trouble getting up for that.  I had trouble getting up for the 7am start, and just when I was getting used to it, P–, the factory boss, announces that we will be starting the 2 8s the next day.  Of course, my first reaction is resistance.  [...]

It’s easy to forget that we are steeped in mystery.  Walking through our lives, driving through our worlds, it always seems like we’ve got it all figured out.  That’s the slippery slope of the ego, to constantly think that we know it all.  But there are fundamental questions that we have no answers to.  The [...]

The sweet assertive voice tromps through our spacious salle (living room).  I can’t see her with my eyes, but in my mind Reba Macintire’s bouncing red hair is dancing along as she pours her heart out into a microphone somewhere in Texas. Why haven’t I heard from you? The radio, a magical little [...]

I took a quiz last week with some friends.  It was from a book, seemingly competent and researched.  It was believable.  But for the gullible, it’s finding things that aren’t believable that’s the problem.  Anyway, this book was about optimism and the movement towards optimism.  The quiz assured me that I’m a pessimist, and, well…it [...]

Although it wasn’t a normal dinner, it wasn’t far off, only stretched out a bit by the presence of the port and wine. We sat down just before 8pm, which can be early for dinner in France. There were six of us there and the conversation was quick and [...]