After nine years of exhaustive research and leading seven live Quest experiences, I have finalized the structure and content for my latest book, The Quest: A Way To Enjoy The Second Half of Life. It is for adults 35 and older. Instead of traditional chapters, […]
Author: randy
Encouraging people to find out who they are so they can live their lives fully.
Candid Thoughts About Going Forward After Insurrection Day
I’ve taken 24 hours off media to formulate my thoughts and gather my emotions. My mood has changed from furious rage to smoldering anger. I stand resolute as an American against these seditionists. THEY ARE TERRORISTS—They traffic in fear. All one needs to do is […]
Ten Things That Helped Me Get Through This Year From Hell (Sorry Santa, A Few Are Naughty)
Desperate times call for desperate measures and 2020 was possibly the worst (and best) year of our lives. Because Gina is high-risk we have both quarantined the entire year. We went out to eat (one time since February) for our anniversary—and only after I rented […]
I Have Been But Now I Am
I have been too many things to count. I have been a twinkle in the eye of a sixteen-year-old boy. I have been a sperm fast and true and thus a firstborn. I have been dirt poor and filthy rich. I have eaten moldy bread […]
A Warning To My Followers
Do not think me whole because I speak in praise of wholeness, or Christian because I once was religious. I am a man weak as any, feet of clay, impetuous, stubborn, lusty, and profane. Yet prone to fitful bouts of kindness, gentleness, compassion and encouragement. […]
A Few Random Thoughts On Family, Friends, and Thanksgiving
Family is NOT everything. That is sentimental bullshit. But family is something. For many of us, today is filled with nostalgic memories of a gentler, kinder time—of family members once dear to us now lost to death, divorce, or estrangement. Memories of a life without […]
Ten Questions At Age Twenty, Forty, and Sixty (Oh How Things Change)
James Lipton was famous for these ten interview questions on Inside the Actors Studio. He always asked the same ten questions to the nearly 300 guests who appeared on the show. I posed them to Gina during cocktail hour last night. As we discussed them […]
In Praise Of Free Time
What could be more delicious than to wake up without the incessant intrusiveness of an alarm? These instruments from hell make one’s skin crawl, like nails on a chalkboard. And what could be more decadent than finishing a dream and waking up naturally, flushed from […]
A Few Observations On The Early Voting Experience
We Voted! In my 44 years of voting (straight Republican or Independent every time, I might add) I have NEVER felt my vote was so important and pivotal for our freedom and survival as Americans. My hands were literally shaking as I marked my ballot […]
My Latest Watercolor — Melissa Greene — A Real Person
I rarely paint real people, an occasional commission (most of which are very personal and private), and of course, many renderings of my companion Gina (some of which are also private). But a few weeks ago, I knew Melissa Greene and I were getting together […]