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Memorial Day and the Cost of Forgetting
As a child, I remember my parents taking me each year to Main Street in the small village of Sherman, New York, for the Memorial Day parade. Elderly men marched in faded pea-green and ash-gray uniforms, rifles resting on their shoulders, but they were not what...
Dancing With the Inevitable: Music, Death, and the Rhythm of Life
We dance to let go—to escape, to express, to answer the irresistible pull of music. Rhythm carries us, beauty disarms us, and for a moment, we surrender to something larger than ourselves. Yet beneath this joy lies a quieter truth: our attraction to rhythm mirrors...
The Writers Who Shaped My Journey Into Fiction
A large part of a writer’s DNA is formed by the books they read. Every story absorbed, every author encountered, leaves an imprint on how we think about language, imagination, and the act of storytelling itself. My own journey through fiction began at a young age and...
Ten Years After Death: An Exploration: What Writing About Mortality Taught Me About Living
It has now been ten years since publishing Death: An Exploration, and in that decade, more has changed than I could have anticipated. Many people imagine that publishing a first book is a momentous, even life-altering event. Before it happened, I spent long stretches...
Fear of Death: The Invisible Force Shaping How We Live
What keeps us alive? At first glance, the answer seems obvious: biology, instinct, survival mechanisms. But beneath these lies something more psychological and deeply human — fear. Fear, particularly fear of death, may be one of the most powerful forces guiding our...
Death and Loss: How They Shape Our Lives and Give Meaning to Existence
Death and loss are inseparable forces in the human experience. They shape how we love, how we grow, and how we understand our place in the world. No one can replace a mother, father, sibling, or cherished friend. Every person is unique, and every loss leaves a lasting...
Love, Lupercalia, and Lager: A Low-Stress Guide to Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day arrives each year wrapped in red cellophane and high expectations. For couples, it can feel like a romantic performance review; for single people, an anxiety-inducing reminder that love has a deadline. Beneath the flowers, cards, and prix-fixe dinners...
War in the Digital Age — From Battlefield Reality to Virtual Gamification
In a nondescript building in Nevada, an operator finishes a 12-hour shift controlling an MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Middle East. They use a joystick and monitor not unlike those found in gaming setups worldwide. Later that day, they might unwind by playing Call of...
From Trade War to Market Reset: How Tariffs Reshaped the Global Wine Industry
When the United States and China entered a full-scale trade conflict in 2018, few agricultural sectors felt the impact as significantly as the wine industry. More than a luxury good, wine occupies a pivotal position at the intersection of agriculture, culture,...