Back in 2008 when the aliens visited me in the middle of the night and spoke their strange language in my bedroom when I was completing my early morning meditation, I was petrified.

There is the “buzz” of tea and the “buzz” of coffee. There is the “buzz” of beer and the “buzz” of wine and the altogether different and distinct “buzz” of liquor like tequila or bourbon or a good, dirty martini made with vodka or gin.

Last week I stumbled on a frightening but inspiring article which many of you may have already heard about or even read.

This time of year, if I haven’t already done my seasonal cleanse, I get ready and start to plan it.