When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
cultural-icons
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits differently when a cultural icon dies. The grief can seem strangely disproportionate to the relationship we actually had with them. We had...
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6 Comments · Inspiration, Opinion, Spirituality

Easter inspiration

April 5, 2015
Is it any accident that Easter, the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is celebrated in spring, the season of renewal and rebirth?  Not an...
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What should parents do?

April 4, 2015
These pretty pops of petal appeared in our courtyard one 80-degree March day. Since we live in northern California, we are not supposed to have 81-degree March days. Our...
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No is a complete sentence.

April 3, 2015
Maybe it's the myth of the Superwoman that makes it so hard for some women to say "no." Or the need to be a "nice girl." Or maybe it's the feeling we ought to be doing...
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In the beginning

April 2, 2015
When M and I divorced in 1981 I threw away my wedding album. We didn't have children whose history it belonged to, so why would I keep it?  It's not like it was any...
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Don’t make me come down there

April 1, 2015
The Divine considers this one of the most inspirational quotes for women --and for men-- because the Divine is not happy with what is going on in the world. Not at...
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32 Comments · Blog, Soul School

Birds love Lovers Point

March 31, 2015
Oh, the life of a bird on the Monterey peninsula. This gull is perusing his domain at Lover's Point in Pacific Grove, Calif., not too far from where I used to live. ...
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18 Comments · Blog, Travel

Life after life: can science prove it?

March 30, 2015
life-after-life
Maybe like me, you've been paying attention to the scientific research into consciousness that's been going on.  No, not the hack stuff, the real actual science. ...
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It’s tea time

March 29, 2015
Let's have a cup of tea today, shall we?  And read through some of the best things I've seen in my travels around the web recently.  It's funny, isn't it, that when I...
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Should you deny logic?

March 28, 2015
logic-trap
  I'm not so sure that the most important key word here is logic as much as it is COMFORT. Because nice as it is, comfort is a trap. A cushy trap. One that keeps us...
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Why is this?

March 27, 2015
Transgender individuals are still not permitted to serve in the U.S. military. Why is this?  Drunk, misbehaving Secret Service agents weren't fired, they were...
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