Hosea's Blog

Last week, I was back in farm country visiting Schmidt again. I spent all day on Saturday the 9 driving there, and all day on Monday the 18 ...

OK, the last time I asked this was five years ago. I think the answer is definitely "Yes" based on lots of experiences that are al...

At one point back in 2016, when we first got back together, Marie told me that decades earlier— when we knew each other in college —she had ...

Yesterday—good Lord, was it only yesterday?—I had a totally pointless fight with Son 1. I don't even know if "fight" is the ri...

As I mentioned in the earlier post , the dharma teacher at this meditation retreat integrated his spiritual teachings with a political poin...

A week ago, I attended a weekend-long non-residential retreat at the local State University. The theme was "Love in Turbulent Times...

OK, here's something different. The Celtic folk band Golden Bough, in concert. I didn't attend in-person, but I did get a link to wa...