by Bill Swartz When I was a little kid growing up in York, Pennsylvania, I spent a lot of time at my grandparents’ house. It was a brick rancher with a walk out basement and it was built in the 1950’s. I always felt happy there. Safe, warm and hopeful. It had a real post-war … Continue reading The Vibe
“Of course you can fix the fragment of a piece. But then it will deteriorate because what it is connected to has been ignored.” (From the film Mindwalk). We can no longer afford to look at the world in terms of isolated pieces. That is a deluded view of reality. Because the truth is that … Continue reading A Whole New View: How to Keep the Great Idea Alive
 “The moment I jumped off of it was the moment I touched down.” – Alanis Morissette ——–---------------- It was 1 a.m. on a starry night in Nebraska and we were speeding down an empty interstate. Miles Davis played on the stereo and the dashboard glowed amber. I opened the windows a few inches to … Continue reading The Astronauts