Can we hold differences gently when hatred burns?

October 17, 2025
Someone recently said to another, "Thank you for holding our differences with such gentleness." Thing is, I know people who feel hatred and a desire to harm others that it's almost impossible. Who am I kidding? It IS impossible. Fully impossible. Gentleness has its limits We like to...

Cozy winter comfort food that’s good for us

March 6, 2024
I love me some easy winter comfort food that soothes and tantalizes the taste buds. Easy, because sometimes I just don't want to spend hours in the kitchen...

Still good advice, even after 100 years

March 5, 2024
Back when I was maybe a teen, the Desiderata regained popularity. Although it was written in 1927 by Max Ehrmann, its pithy wisdom and good advice fit the vibe of the...

Some truths about Sister Wives

February 27, 2024
It seemed inevitable that the polygamous family could not survive reality. Or reality TV. The show, Sister Wives, first aired in 2010 and today, the family structure...

In this world but untethered to it

February 23, 2024
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."  (said by French philosopher and Jesuit priest Pierre...

Time we have wasted on the way

February 23, 2024
Oh, when you were youngDid you question all the answers?Did you envy all the dancers who had all the nerve? ~Graham Nash The other day one of my high school...

Over a century of San Francisco fashion

February 20, 2024
Socialites fascinate me, mostly because my life couldn't be more different than theirs. And of course, I love fashion. Especially historical fashion. Combine the...

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

February 16, 2024
Every so often I'm reminded that I've lived many lives within this one I'm still living and such was the case the other day when we went to Costco. You may...

Is there such thing as “the love of my life”?

February 14, 2024
This is a good day to consider the question: Is there just one right mate for each of us? The person we call "the love of my life"? Or is it just a fairy tale...a...

Two things at once & I don’t mean shots

February 9, 2024
Most of us have seen Travis Kelce of my beloved Kansas City Chiefs in his "two-things-at-once" ad. I was reminded of it the other day when I posted a query about the...

Why are some people tone deaf?

February 7, 2024
Some people just don't get it. Seriously. They're what's called tone deaf, which means largely insensitive to something. Usually someone else's feelings. It's...

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