You are the sky

July 12, 2014
You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. ~Pema Chodron, Buddhist nun Weather comes and goes. So do our woes. And no, that's not a poem--it's a brilliant...
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Commit to taking one step. Just one.

July 11, 2014
If you've been following my blog you know that I've become less and less tolerant of the violence in our world. I'm tired of people dying from violent crime. Kids,...
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This is how it happened.

July 10, 2014
If there's one thing women are most interested in,  it's how my husband and I got back together some 27 years after our divorce.  It seems inconceivable that we could...
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How not to feed a dog

July 9, 2014
Yes, he's adorable. But those who know and love him get most tickled by his dinner plate, which gets almost as many comments as his adorableness. In real life, that...
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Journeying to shamanism

July 8, 2014
  It can be hard for me to turn off my "observer" and embrace the activity in which I'm involved. Because I really do like to watch and suss out and consider --...
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3 reasons people don’t watch video blogs

July 7, 2014
I noticed a provocative blog headline on social media the other day and, since I was interested in the subject, I clicked on it. But when I saw that it was a video--an...
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The canary in the mine

July 6, 2014
canary in the mine
Miners back in the day would bring a canary into mines. If the canary keeled over, they got the hell out of the mine because that meant the air was toxic. Someone...
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Is it money? Or is it manners?

July 5, 2014
Piggy bank with dollars in it
Sex is no longer taboo, not when we can read in any newspaper about 12-year-olds having oral sex. Or crazy farmers having relations with their livestock. No, sex has...
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What’s the inside of YOUR brain look like?

July 4, 2014
I know. You're tired of red, white and blue posts today. So here's something to keep you entertained for a couple minutes. Promise: no flags, fireworks or parades. No...
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Closure ain’t all that

July 2, 2014
Are you one of those people who likes things neatly tied up in perfectly fitting boxes? That's how I used to be. Ambiguity was a horrifying thought. Uncertainty...
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