Coming out: Part 1

August 2, 2014
The closet still exists. So many of us in the San Francisco Bay area find it hard to believe that it does: we've lived with openly out colleagues, politicians and...
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Lazy days of August

August 1, 2014
August brings with it the dog days of summer, those hot and lazy days that we know are numbered. The month is all the sweeter for our certainty that, before long, ...
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The root of the root

July 31, 2014
i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me  (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear;and whatever is done by only me...
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Healing hands

July 30, 2014
I was once married to a man who had healing hands.  They emanated heat and energy when laid upon an ailing muscle and it was obvious that something was going on...
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The Talking Mirror and self esteem

July 29, 2014
 It's insidious, low self-esteem. And pervasive among women. Despite all that we do at home and at work, despite our many accomplishments, many of us still don't...
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BlogHer ’14: the backstory

July 28, 2014
The Scene Thousands of women. Annual BlogHer Conference.  San Jose, CA.  July 24-26. Weather: in the 90s, feels like 104.   I COULD write about the BlogHer...
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Brains and backgammon

July 27, 2014
We've got some time on our hands. More than we ever used to. Time that M and I now spend fiddling with our various remotes. Cable, Roku, DVR--they're a time suck. ...
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Choose LIFE.

July 26, 2014
One day I'll look back on this and smile, because it was life and I chose to live it. I've been talking a bit with a friend about fear: the kind of fear that prevents...
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Is passion getting a bad rap?

July 25, 2014
"Lots of passion is a dangerous thing," someone said the other day. Do you agree? I can't agree. Or maybe I do agree. It's true that you can't live teetering on the...
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Does pretty taste better?

July 24, 2014
  If someone had suggested to my mother that culinary presentation mattered, she'd have had no idea what they were talking about. The table was set and the meal...
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