My Latest Posts on Brain, Life, Mind

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Transitions: From Traditional Blogging to The Atmosphere

I started blogging about 21 years ago on Blogspot and got into blogging on my website about 17 years ago, if memory serves. But over the last few years, I've lost my blogging mojo, and with all that was going on in my health, my life, and the world, it was easier to just microblog on Twitter then on Bluesky. Evenso, I tried to get myself going ...

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Sediment in Toronto Water Means a New Heat Pump

A new heat pump. That was not on my Christmas list, let me tell ya! But as of Thursday, 22 January, 2026, I have a new cold-climate-3-ton one heating my home. It's been a trek! From December 10th to January 22nd, I experienced horror, relief, confusion, upset, frustration, despair, growing insanity, learned helplessness, adaptation to the ...

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Literary Titan Q&A for The Soul’s Reckoning

Literary Titan Q&A is part of their book review of The Soul's Reckoning, a review that gobsmacked me. I like reading readers' perspectives of my novels, and Literary Titan's 5-star review made me think.

Their questions for their Q&A not only made me think, but also challenged me.

5-Star Review

Reading this felt like being pulled into ...

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Zoroastrianism: Introduction and Major Tenets

Zoroastrian Perspective: Philosophy, History, Culture

Last Wednesday, I emailed Parzor Foundation, alerting them that my father might be the last Burmese Zoroastrian alive and asking if they'd be interested in interviewing him for their UNESCO project. I found them because I'd started rereading the Gathas.

A resounding yes arrived Thursday, ...

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Writer’s Digest Award for Brain Injury, Trauma, and Grief

A pleasant shock awaited me in my Monday morning inbox:

Congratulations! Out of almost 700 submissions, your e-book, Brain Injury, Trauma, and Grief: How to Heal When You Are Alone, was awarded First Place in Prescriptive/Informative category of the 13th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published E-book Awards.”

Several months ago, I'd ...

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My Psychology Today blog on restoring life after brain injury from any cause: concussion to traumatic to viral.

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Coping After Brain Injury

No matter where we live, people with brain injury need adaptive, productive coping capacities. What does the research say about coping when the injury reduces capacity?

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