Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

We will never be here again

August 19, 2016
We may lose and we may win but we will never be here again He was young and impossibly fresh-faced and adorable when he came to our attention in the early 1970s, part...

Life overload

August 18, 2016
  We are a society overloaded with information, and I fear, overloaded with activity. We're too damn busy, that's what I think. I'm thinking of myself, of...

Who we are

August 17, 2016
I love collage. I have no talent in the making of them, but I love them nonetheless. Special appreciation, too, when they reflect a person's identity. Who they are at...

Dreaming

August 16, 2016
I was watching a documentary the other day about something that happened more than 80 years ago. Looking at the faces of the people in the program I saw an innocence and...

Too much stuff

August 15, 2016
Shopping for stuff is so much fun, it really is.  It's one of my favorite activities. I love the feeling of buying something new and then looking forward to wearing it,...

Do something about disappearing desire

August 12, 2016
I was in my mid-40s when I made an appointment with my GYN, with whom I had a great relationship. "Something's wrong," I said. "My libido has completely disappeared. I...

“I don’t want to be alone”

August 11, 2016
Being alone is a topic that's come up among my friends and peers repeatedly recently and I think it's our age. As we pass middle age, we start thinking of our future...

Tips for summertime easy living

August 10, 2016
Summertime has a special feel, doesn't it? Maybe the way we feel about it goes back to our school days, when summer meant a break from teachers and homework. It meant...

How to travel on a budget

August 9, 2016
Budget travel is not just for the young. It's for anyone. And it doesn't have to be bare bones, either. The travel bug hit me hard in my 40s. I was single and still...

Fools are rushing in

August 8, 2016
I've seen this quote attributed to Mark Twain, Abe Lincoln and "unknown." It doesn't really matter who said it--it's come to mind about a thousand times during this...

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