Andrew Schneider

If you’re going to

If you’re going to be a healer, it’s not enough to read books and learn allegorical stories. you need to get your feet wet, get some clinical experience under your belt. Andrew Schneider

Weird, isn’t it Somehow in the dead of winter when its 40 below, so cold your words just freeze in the air, you think you’ll never hear a robin’s song again or see a blossom on a cherry tree, when one day you wake up and bingo, light coming through the mini blinds is softened … Read more

There were always people

There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don’t create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating. Andrew Schneider

As a doctor, as

As a doctor, as a man of science, I can tell you there is no such thing as curses Everything just happens as a question of probability. The statistical likelihood of a specific event. Andrew Schneider

Marriage. It’s a hard

Marriage. It’s a hard term to define. Especially for me–I’ve ducked it like root canal. Still there’s no denying the fact that marriage ranks right up there with birth and death as one of the three biggies in the human safari. It’s the only one though that we’ll celebrate with a conscious awareness. Very few … Read more

By mid-November I always

By mid-November I always like to have an extra 15 pounds on me. Andrew Schneider

Despite everything I’ve achieved

Despite everything I’ve achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what’s truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife. Andrew Schneider

Life’s dirty. Life’s unclean

Life’s dirty. Life’s unclean you know. It’s birth, it’s sex, it’s the intestinal tract. One big squishy, unsanitary mess. It never gets any cleaner either. You know, dust to dust, worms crawl in, worms crawl out, right Even though we know that, we still walk the walk, we still live the life. We’re like a … Read more

What are man and

What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why I don’t know. Biological imperative Divine law Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other In any case, it’s always … Read more

Real meaningful endeavours, the

Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others. Andrew Schneider