Author’s Note
Foreword, by Jack Durham
Introduction, by Treacy Colbert

Philosophy
     Paragraphs on Time
     Teachers, Learning, and Education
     Circles, Lines, and Paradigms
     Self-Contained Systems of Truth
     Self-Defense of the Mind
     The West Coast Cabbie
     The Day of Six Billion
     The Gaia Hypothesis
     Big Picture Physical Therapy
     The Secret Space of Dreams
     A Death in the Family

Health and Sustenance
     Queen Azalea
     Fava Beans
     Uncle Russell’s Compost Pile
     Food for Thought
     Mad Cow Disease
          Mad Cows and Spongy Brains
          Mad Cows, Money, Oprah, and Alzheimer’s
     Stretching
     Positive Addictions
     Open Hearts, Healthy Hearts
     Breathing
     Heroes of Health

Personal Economy
     The Diderot Effect
     A Return to Frugality
     Money and Marriage
     Buy Nothing Day
     Christmas Values
     Medical Insurance
     Prospective Payments

A Culture Ripe for Change
     Taking Responsibility
     Corporate Welfare
     Corporate Globalization
     Hemp Can Help Us
     The Politics of Tobacco
     School of Assassins
     The Grammar of Equality
     Public Relations and the News
     Voting and the Boundaries of Thought
     Bubbles May Burst

Homo Electronicus
     Personal Computers
     The Telephone

Community and Development
     The Gift of Listening
     Landscape Architecture
     Car Crazy
     The Dark Side of the Boom
     Hate Is Not a Family Value

Fun Is My Spiritual Path
     A Guatemalan Bus Ride
     Voice of the Lakers
     Thoughts from the Blue Moon Saloon
     Bridge
          Bridge at the Senior Center
          We Talk Between the Cards
     The Grateful Dead
          Happiness Was Dancing with the Dead
          The Grateful Dead Community
          A Broken Angel Sang from a Guitar
     Football
     The Streaker of Anaheim High

Afterword
     Getting the Words Right