Author Archives: captaincliff

CaptainCliff hasn’t written much in the past 6 months. Just as there are predictable shifts and swells in the vast open ocean and changing seasons of the year…. so too are the days of our lives. Actually, wasn’t that best … Continue reading →

  Lately I’ve been on a “Americans are pussies/These kids today cant fix ‘nuthin/Nobody wants to get their hands dirty/Mike Rowe-ish rant. My kids are frankly sick of it. My Facebook friends would rather me now complain about Obama or … Continue reading →

The other day it hit me that this coming year, 2015 it will have been 60 years since WGN-TV launched its wildly popular children’s show, Garfield Goose and Friends. As a  Baby Boomer and Clinical Psychologist it doesn’t take my … Continue reading →

  In my never ending search for truth and personal enlightenment I have come to realize the slow unfolding nature of wisdom. It is on a daily basis that our human folly is revealed. For example, ever since Thanksgiving my … Continue reading →

edited from various sources: Turtle Spirit Animal The turtle totem wisdom teaches us about walking our path in peace and sticking to it with determination and serenity. Slow moving on earth, yet often fast and agile in water, those who … Continue reading →

The Peace Pipe and the Therapist I first began making peace pipes as a part-time hobby sometime in the 90’s. Actually I dont quite remember anymore. It’s been so long and memory fades. Initially I was interested in the idea of … Continue reading →

Sometimes ones very best days are also their worst. It may have something to do with that annoying “dialectic” in life that really smart people and Zen Buddhists talk about. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the whole “light … Continue reading →

Masters of decapitation and Hollywood-style marketing, ISIS, the marauding band of black-clad Jihadists are said to be in high level talks with Disney execs regarding plans to partner in a one-of-a-kind theme park joint venture near Bagdad. Negotiations continue while … Continue reading →

Is it true that ISIS and the growing Ebola health crisis are actually changing our routine social discourse with one another? Could our culture be significantly affected in a way that eclipses even 9/11 or Pearl Harbor? I wonder if … Continue reading →

Some of you may have heard that the first non-isolated case of Ebola virus has been identified in Texas. Maybe you were too busy buying up shares of Alibaba, purposely bending your new iPhone6, or trying to outrun the rash … Continue reading →