How overplaying a royal hand is never smart

June 9, 2022
My husband and I watched a Netflix documentary on Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, Margaret, the other night. Margaret was long known to be a self-centered...
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14 Comments · Blog, Opinion

Are things tickety-boo these days?

June 5, 2022
tickety-boo
adjective (BRITISH) DATED•INFORMAL in good order; fine. "everything is tickety-boo" Actually, no. Things are not tickety-boo...
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When to stop giving?

May 31, 2022
stop-giving
Ah, this is such an interesting question. When to stop giving. So, of course, healthy friendships  / relationships are not tit for tat. We do not "keep...
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13 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

The past is past – what can we do about it?

May 24, 2022
nostalgia
The past is the past. We can't do anything about it--except learn from it and do better now. There are things about my past that I miss very much and then there...
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8 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion, Soul School

If you’d like to know how unconscious racism works:

May 20, 2022
unconscious-racism
Unconscious racism. I saw a perfect example in a FB friend's post: "I'm sad that women in this country are regarded as below even a black man." Whoa! Below EVEN a...
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16 Comments · Opinion

Mourning what was, what wasn’t and wondering what wil

May 3, 2022
mourning
When we think about grief, it's usually in the context of someone close to us dying. Or leaving our lives in some way. But that is not the only way we mourn. It's...
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6 Comments · Blog, Opinion

Can you remember back when life was normal?

April 27, 2022
If life were normal we would have taken a bunch of exotic trips in 2020 and 2021. We would've seen the fjords in Norway, enjoyed the Hebrides and Shetland, probably...
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5 Comments · Blog, Opinion, Travel

Why tiptoeing around triggers is not the solution to trauma...

February 28, 2022
triggers
"It is nobody's responsibility to dance around the triggers to your traumas. It is up to you to deal with past traumas healthily and learn to cope with them in a way...
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9 Comments · Opinion

Should we stop being judgmental?

February 24, 2022
being-judgmental
"I'm a really judgmental person," someone said to me the other day, and it struck me as a truly honest statement. Very few of us cop to being judgmental, but every...
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In praise of millennials

February 10, 2022
millenials
Full disclosure: I taught college for many years and I love working with young people. Full knowledge: I know "OK, Boomer!" is a millennial term used to disparage...
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8 Comments · Blog, Opinion

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