Images courtesy of Laura Weber "Times are urgent. Let's slow down." ( Yoruban wisdom saying ) Why are we all in such a rush? Hurry Sickness is killing us, and killing the planet. Coined by a cardiologist in the 1970s, the term refers to the incessant urgency we feel in a posthuman context, measured by the increasing speed and ubiquitous demands of technology that place chronic stress on the heart, the psyche, and the soul. Symptoms include feeling perpetually frazzled and overloaded,...

Images courtesy of Laura Weber Waves of Euphoria Ecstatic Openings of Light Orchasma I call it " Orchasma ," the experience of overwhelming joy in communing with orchids. It describes the scintillating, energetic euphoria inspired by close encounters with orchids. The annual Orchid Show at the Missouri Botanical Gardens is a wintering Soulscape for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)-depleted senses. It's a cleansing bath for the world-weary grime and festering wounds of despair that are...

Image courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted Blood in the Snow. An apt image for the Minneapolis tragedies that have ravaged our nation. The Winter of Our Discontent is alive and well in 2026, whether it conjures images of (Shakespeare's) Richard III's jealousy and hatred of his brother, the King, or (Steinbeck's protagonist) Ethan Hawley's betrayal of an Italian immigrant by stealing his home and livelihood. Moral decay in the forms of greed and lust for "power over" others reflect a global...