In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
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A Summer’s Walk
A late summer walk can be lovely especially if there’s a light breeze, puffy white clouds and – low humidity. That’s how it was that …
Read More »The Tip Jar
One bitterly cold February day driving from Wisconsin to Georgia, feeling dispirited by all the dissension and even downright vitriol in the country, I pulled …
Read More »Art Saves
Art as a concept saves lives and everyone should make room for it in theirs. A short declaration but it is a true one, and …
Read More »A Lesson From Suicide
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
Read More »The Sacrifices of Parents
Our lives are constantly changing. It starts the second we’re born and continues until the day we die. It seems as though each person is …
Read More »I Want to Be a Writer
Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. This was not an occupation my parents or …
Read More »Doing Good Daily
What motivates my daily outbound journey from the 5:00 a.m. alarm bell each morning? It’s a really good and obviously recurring question. Phyllis Diller once …
Read More »Color Me Grateful
What wakes me up in the morning is not the pitter-patter of little feet, but rather the lack thereof. Sure, those size six-and-a-half tootsies may …
Read More »In Sync With the Universe
If you’re serious about actually growing up and becoming a mature human, there’s probably a paradigm shift in store for you. It’s part of our …
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