Tonight aired a special 2 hour season finale of the new hit television series TOUCH starring Kiefer Sutherland. What makes TOUCH special is not just that it hosts smart intelligent writing, or that it’s focus is on helping people to make the world a better place — definite rarities in the history of American…
Month: May 2012
The Renaissance of American Television
A private little world for me… a private little world for you. The online musings and journals of singer/songwriter recording artist author and activist Ed Hale. The Transcendence Diaries have been posting regularly online since 2001. Comments are always welcomed. And so are YOU.
Why Memorial Day is Not a Holiday
Today is Memorial Day. I know this because the local and national news is all abuzz this weekend about it. It’s turned into one of the most popular holidays of the year for most Americans. Photographs and video footage of sun bathers and suburban family barbeques abound and for days we’ve been bombarded by…
The Importance of Being Nice
Watching the film ANOTHER YEAR by Mike Leigh. Such a simple film. And through this simplicity so deep, moving and impactful. I dare say I don’t think I’ll forget these characters. At least not anytime soon. About midway through the movie, the simplest thought occurred to me. How important it is to be a…
Who Can You Trust?
A member of a Facebook Page I started for Independent Voters asked us to Share an article he wrote. At first read, it seemed obvious that it would make no sense to post it because it has a hard-right, conservative agenda and therefore would not be relevant to a Page dedicated to Independent-minded American…
Germany Joins the Personal Expression Revolution
Last night Princess Little Tree and I were speaking about the incredible shifts we have seen in global democratization over the last two years. Specifically in the context of the book I have been working on along with a few others for the last five years entitled We Are The Revolution – Welcome to…
Good Company
“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well informed people who have a great deal of conversation.” — Jane Austen
Piers Morgan Panders
Take Two Aspirins and Call Yourself in the Morning
Took wife to Naturopath (ND) to seek additional help in treating 1 particular issue we were being challenged with. Took wife off of her custom designed nutritional supplement protocol I had created for her back in ’02 and been tweaking ever since to place her on ND’s recommended supplements. Wife quickly tailspins into what appears…
Bowing to the Tao
Mourning the death of friends grndmthr + other friend’s moms 1 and 5 yrs ago while celebrating the birth of another friend’s new baby + my nieces’ graduation + numerous birthdays all in the same day… the maddening awe of the circle of life. And of course that barely scratches the surface. No logic no…