Steve’s Blog

Steve’s Blog

Writing is a powerful tool to greater self-understanding, but it’s a lot more than that: It’s a way of life. In founding the Wellstone Center in the Redwoods in 2013, Steve and Sarah were drawn to the challenge of taking the inspiring calm and natural beauty of their little swath of land at the end of Amigo Road and sharing that with visitors to help them energize their lives. The hope was that others could leave feeling a little closer to nature – and to themselves – and carry that feeling forward. In his regular blog, Steve explores the mysteries of writing, and of inspiring other writers, and he also delves into the delicate balance required to think less and feel more, to be excited by life but not let stress or time sickness poison our sense of the moment. Steve’s Blog is an effort to start a dialogue, one we hope you’ll take part in regularly.

  • Steve’s Weekly Blog: Remembering Those We’ve Loved and Lost
    On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world. Henry David Thoreau The temptation is strong to turn those we love and lose into monuments. In the weeks after their death we seek solace from the pain of loss,…
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  • Steve’s Weekly Blog: Were You Kind to Someone Today?
      My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. Dalai Lama Weddings, like funerals, are a great window into what matters in life. Last weekend in a sun-dappled courtyard in Florida for the wedding of my friends Joe and Susan, I was a little startled to feel a deep joy, one I haven’t always felt at weddings, a joy based on my conviction that Joe and Susan fit together and have opened…
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  • Steve’s Weekly Blog: On Not Drinking
      Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway I do love a good beer. During my years living in Berlin, I came to love beer even more, and why not? One of my favorite spots in Sarah's and my Friedrichshain neighborhood of East Berlin was Hops & Barley, a little pub that brewed its own beer and offered up a mighty tasty…
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  • Steve’s Weekly Blog: Must We Fear Death?
      The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain There are few more jarring experiences than sitting in a hospital room and hearing a neuro-oncologist deliver a report that full metastasis has set in. My sister had held up with such grace and bravery through the months since she first learned she had a brain tumor, and…
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