There was once a selfish old man named Abe, who’s life was bitter and lonely. One day as he was walking through the park, he saw a sad little girl sitting all by herself on some stone steps. Everyone passed right by her, never seeming to notice her. No one stopped to ask if she was okay. She was dressed …
A Modern Fable By Will Lewis Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You begins on a dark and stormy night. The wind was howling, sleet was slashing at his windshield, and the man behind the wheel’s tears blurred his vision. He’d dropped off his wife at work, and once alone, sobbed behind the wheel as he …
The Luckiest Place In The World is a modern fable created by Will Lewis. Once Upon A Time Harold was 73 years old and homeless. Once upon a time he’d married, had two kids, and bought a home. For decades he worked in construction and did his best to live the middle class dream. But that was a long time …
The World Would Be A Better Place If There Were More Old Dirt Roads The world is in crisis, and the solution is more old dirt roads. ~ Haywire Willy Old dirt roads led to families, gardens, and fresh milk. They were old fashioned lover’s lanes, the way to get to the best fishing holes, and once a week brought …
Most people want to do more to change the world! Unfortunately, most have no idea of what they can do, or have much time to do anything. So, here are 20 fast, easy and non-violent ways to stand up for your beliefs, and they only involve you as much as you want to be involved. They require very little time, …
The only thing more frightening in life than knowing that your life’s in imminent danger from a person hellbent of killing others, is not knowing what to do. You may say, “There’s nothing I can do” during an active shooter event, but you’re horribly wrong, because there are many things that you can do to save your life, and those …
Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey, historically devastating, displaced tens of thousands of people, and pets. Here’s a few heroes busily saving cats…
Book Review Of Rescue Thyself Rescue Thyself – Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Must Come From Within, by Dr. Sylvanus Adetokunboh Ayeni, is a racist piece of literature. By necessity. Rescue Thyself is one of those rare books that slaps the reader in the face with reality, sometimes so ugly it brings tears to eyes. Dr. Ayeni pulls no punches, and …
Michael Ely is a gay multidimensional artist whose works helped to pioneer and influence the development and performance of several genres of music, from rock to glam, and from punk to psychedelic. Michael performed almost exclusively with the love of his life Spider (James) Taylor, until Spider was taken by liver cancer. Today, despite all of the challenges life has …
During the dark of a cold early spring night on April 26th, 2015, an injured and terribly malnourished German Shepherd hero wandered into the carport of a family home in the Ferndale area of Prince George, British Columbia. The next morning the homeowners discovered it with bones protruding, scared of every sound and movement, and obviously in extreme distress. They …
The main thing wrong with society today is that too many dirt roads have been paved. There isn’t a problem in the world today that wouldn’t be remedied if we just had more dirt roads, because dirt roads give character. People that live at the end of dirt roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride. That it …
Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, ‘It’s their life,’ and feel nothing? When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in …
