To all the recreational runners, or hobby joggers (and I use this term in a non-derogatory manner)...

Each morning, I rise — Odysseus at sea,
The horizon shifts, but the Sirens tempt me.
This too shall...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the...

The change from jungle to mountain is abrupt like an unexpected trauma that disconnects us from...

I am learning to live in the moment. 

To remain in the now. 

To indulge the joy of simply existing. 

[Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973.] UC President Charles Hitch said last week the...

SAM: Why should I be the one to back down? Jamie knows very well that I am right. There is no way...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone possessing a shred of fairness...

6 feet off the ground

but 60 feet beneath the crown