September 27, 2008 Brother Can You Spare $700 Billion? written by Steven Barrymore My friend and I were discussing America’s economic issues while watching the first 2008 presidential debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama, and he asked me if I thought that America is still a world power. I thought for a moment and [...]

August 02, 2009 6 Months To Live written by Steven Barrymore What would you do if you had 6 months to live? If you could be in good health for 179 days up to the last day, and died on the 180th day. Would you move to another country? Would you be more loving? Would [...]

January 13, 2008 written by Steven Barrymore photographs by Steven Barrymore FROM THE FILM COLLECTION Taking some time off. The Being of Life articles will return next month. Below are some favorite images from a collection of slides, photographed circa 1980′s in San Francisco. These scenes were photographed with Leica equipment (Reflex and rangefinder). Image [...]

February 20, 2008 A Story Into The Night written by Steven Barrymore Enjoying the Lunar Eclipse on this clear night. What an amazing sight it is. My friend, Dave, contacts me with an emergency situation. The neighbor is hysterical. Dave said that a car hit her cat. I ask which cat since the neighbor has [...]

December 23, 2007 Is It Safe To Feel Safe? written by Steven Barrymore poem by Tiffany Martin (in memoriam) AS I WALKED THE PATH The December 2007 article in Being of Life took a strange twist. It was planned to be a tribute to all those souls who have passed on and our celebration of [...]

September 24, 2009 28 Days to a More Magnetic Life review by Sandra Ann Taylor Review by Steven Barrymore Got 28 Days. You bet ya do.  So why not use those 28 days for your benefit? Sandra Ann Taylor’s book 28 Days to a More Magnetic Life breaks down each of the 28 days into [...]