A New Mentor
I am always looking for new digital mentors in the writing domain. Two of my mentors I’ve already discussed—J.R.R. Tolkien and Steven Pressfield—but I have others, including Dan Brown, Seth Godin, and C.S. Lewis. I am now going to add a sixth: the novelist James...
My Best Blog Post of January, 2022
My best blog post of January 2022 is Writers—Beware the Second Spectator, published on January 22 For the historians of philosophy, this blog post is important because it points out how early it was in Nietzsche's career he recognized Socrates as his nemesis. But more...
Silver Lillies Haiku
Silver lily padsTrees’ reflections shimmeringFloating on water.
Raveling Haiku
Thicket of branches Raveling within itself Ants' 3-D highway.
Star Canopy Haiku
Look up! I see stars! Canopy as galaxy, Talking to our Sun.
Choosing My Next Philosophy Reading
Like a computer’s operating system, or the brain’s default mode network, I always like to be engaging with a philosophy book in my day’s “brain background.” (And by engaging with, I mean physically engaging with: marking up, highlighting, dog-earring, and scribbling...
My Before and After “About Page”
Here’s what my About Pages were (yes, I had two active ones!). BEFORE: Meet Matthew Physician and writer Matthew Rehrl, MD has an undergraduate degree in Engineering with advanced degrees in both Physics and Medicine.He is currently a double-board certified physician...
Learning From Successful Writers’ About Pages
As I prepare to rework and rewrite my website’s About page, I thought it would be helpful to look at several successful authors’ About/Bio pages. Here are the authors I looked at with their corresponding About page links: Leo Babauta...
Seeking Beauty, And You Shall Find
I took the photo above at a carwash the other day. Some soap, a windshield, and some light. If I look closely enough—and if I open my mind along with my eyes—I can see beauty nearly anywhere.
TweetDeck: A Means to an End
I’m enjoying my use of TweetDeck this month. Right now, I am just focusing on using it for # Hashtag monitoring and engagement. Next month I will experiment a little more with it, especially in the context of my list structure. And the key challenge for me? As with...