“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has occurred…” George Bernard Shaw In a world of smart phones, laptops, earphones, facebook, instagram, and social distancing, the art of casual conversation with random people has never been more challenged. Even people in the busiest of public spaces are often deep in personal… Read more

“Since 1986 they’re has been a little piece of Chernobyl in all os us…” Mika Karu This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The explosion of the retractor lead to the largest ever isolation and containment response ever undertaken. However, not everyone was isolated and not everything was contained. Massive clouds… Read more