26
May
2023
Five Caveats to Claiming Self-Identity
ONE. My honky-tonk Jesus can hang on your antiseptic cross. Being human is not a binary proposition. Whitman said, “We contain multitudes.”... Read More
14
Feb
2018
The Scavenger Hunt Called Life
There are three ways to play. Some people write out their own list and then set out to find everything on it.... Read More
15
Oct
2015
‘Practice Makes Perfect’ Gets a Makeover
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Well, actually more like a make-under. Or whatever it is you’d call the new parenting movement in America wherein we stop over-promising... Read More
8
Oct
2015
What is your rock?
What if you let it go? But what about anything worthwhile takes effort? What about the burden of responsibility? What about hard... Read More
24
Sep
2015
DIY Soulscaping
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“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” – Joseph Campbell Quelle dragola! Seriously. There are so many... Read More
17
Sep
2015
The MOST Inappropriate Question to Ask
Better to suck it up and remain silent. Recently, (as in three days ago) we became proud owners of an eight-week-old golden... Read More
10
Sep
2015
Waiting Rooms
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Oh, the liminality of it all… I happened upon this bodacious word several years ago. It means simply, the space between. So... Read More
3
Sep
2015
Do We Dream Big Enough?
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Or within reason? Growing up, my dad was a dreamer: my mom a realist. He had fun. She worried. Most of the... Read More
27
Aug
2015
Tune In To THIS Moment
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THIS one is different than you think. I find poetry articulates the ineffable better than anything else. Like a firefly, it illuminates vast... Read More
13
Aug
2015
Worst Mom Ever
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Seriously. The kids are for sure thinking right about now of trading me in for pretty much any other mom in the... Read More