And then in 2016 I finally completed and published my 1000+ page short-chaptered theological/ethical treatise Burnishing Bigotry … “What a sad era in which we live, one where it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.” ~ Albert Einstein “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in motion.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe […]
And not too long afterwards in that same year (2016) I finally started (and fluidly completed) The Brown Book Commentaries; an in-depth compendium to The Brown Book – the work that illuminated how I came to be who I have chosen to become … “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is […]
This was the period of my life when The Great IBB Milk War began to escalate, and ultimately came to its bold & somewhat volatile conclusion. The conflict started in 2014 (after my repeated attempts to calmly explain veganism to my bosses & co-workers were met with both disdain & derision) and it escalated steadily […]
And then, in early September of 2018, it became resoundingly clear that I no longer needed to keep getting ready to Go; that it was indeed time to leave Germany behind and head back to the States – all the way on foot, and all the way “on faith” (using no money at all on […]
And then the day indeed finally arrived – on the morning of September 9th in 2018 – when I first set my passport on fire in the courtyard of my residence (which had also been my writing studio and place of employ for the previous 6 years) and then finally set forth to Walk HOME; […]
It didn’t take long at all for my journey HOMEward to hit its first major “roadblock” – a challenge that manifested itself in the form of a kidney stone that had me literllay collapsing to my knees in anguish in the early morning hours of September 13th. How fortunate I was that the same chose […]
And then, after I had exited the Nagold hospital (where I had received truly wonderful care for a day and a half until my kidney stone finally began to pass) and set back on the road, a wonderful couple very soon thereafter heard about my Walk and its recent challenges and encouraged me to accept […]
And then the warmer days of the following spring indeed arrived, and I offered my fond farewells once more and headed back out onto The Road … “You can’t expect anyone to see the wondrous if he hasn’t experienced the same himself. Indeed those who haven’t done so only know blind faith or hollow reason. […]
And then it was that I soon left Germany behind (after some 12+ days of walking) and began to traverse the length of Switzerland, smiling as I did so – even along paths poorly marked and mountainous, and even through freezing springtime temperatures on occasion graced with snow … “Many people have died for their […]
And onward & onward I walked & walked – down the entire length of Switzerland’s beautiful (and arduous) countryside, and then across yet another invisible border and into the nation of France … “They want us to be afraid. They want us to barricade our doors and hide our children. They want us to hate […]
What the village of La Clauze lacked in human hospitality (not only had the high-end Coustette rejected my pleas for assistance, but the local pilgrims hostel and even a handful of local residents had coldly turned me away as well) it more than made up for in logistical support — mostly in the form of […]
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