The Unbearable Lightness of Val Kilmer

A project documenting my own journey of loving more, practicing gratitude, and being a better person…all influenced by the late actor Val Kilmer.

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  • And so it goes

    Today is Val Kilmer’s birthday. He would have been 66. It also happens to be New Year’s Eve, so it seems appropriate to talk a little bit about pivots and where I hope my life (and this little project) will go into 2026. I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. I made them…

  • An Ode to Thor, Dog of Thunder

    Best intentions. They always have a way of falling by the wayside, don’t they? When I started this little project a couple months ago, I had no idea what would come my way. Such is life, of course, but I was not prepared for how my heart would be shattered in two. Thirteen years ago,…

  • September Challenge: Reading Mark Twain

    The last month has been rough for a variety of reasons and, I’ll be honest, I’m struggling right now. So, for September, we’re going easy. September’s challenge is to make a dent in Mark Twain, Ron Chernow’s recently released massive tome of a biography on the American humorist. You might be asking ‘why a dent?…

  • Rewriting the Fairy Tale

    Once upon a time… If you’re a woman, you know how this story goes. There’s a princess or farm girl or unfulfilled career woman. She is alluring and young, but sad and lonely. And then, one day, her Prince Charming arrives. The details differ from telling to telling, but the ending is always the same:…

  • Frustration

    I am recovering from an injury. It’s nothing major: I fell incorrectly in a martial arts class and bruised my hip. Overcompensating for the soreness, I caused a flare up of a long ago planar fasciitis injury. I’m on week three of healing: lots of stretching and rest. It gets a bit better every day,…

  • August Challenge: Being Present

    Every month of this little project, I intend to set myself a challenge. The intention isn’t perfection—which can make me give up when I’m not—but intention and awareness.  It seems to me that every step forward in my life has been one that brings me to a better understanding of this: that you do your…

  • The Beginning

    In August of 2024, I learned that my friend, John, had committed suicide. He was 52 years old.  I had known John since I was a kid. We had remained friends in that way you do with those you meet in childhood and maintain a relationship with as an adult; that is, as life allows. …