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....

Everything’s got a price

August 5, 2014
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ~Henry David Thoreau Everything is a tradeoff. Everything. If you want to make buckets of money,...

Paging Marcus Welby, MD to our health care system

August 4, 2014
Where do I even begin? I'm certain every one of you has their own family health care horror story and many actually horrific rather than annoying, as mine was. I mean, I...

Eight must-packs for any vacation

August 3, 2014
Whether it’s a road trip or a vacation across the world, there are a few things you might not think of packing  that will absolutely come in handy when you’re...

Coming out: Part 1

August 2, 2014
The closet still exists. So many of us in the San Francisco Bay area find it hard to believe that it does: we've lived with openly out colleagues, politicians and...

Lazy days of August

August 1, 2014
August brings with it the dog days of summer, those hot and lazy days that we know are numbered. The month is all the sweeter for our certainty that, before long, ...

The root of the root

July 31, 2014
i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me  (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear;and whatever is done by only me...

Healing hands

July 30, 2014
I was once married to a man who had healing hands.  They emanated heat and energy when laid upon an ailing muscle and it was obvious that something was going on...

The Talking Mirror and self esteem

July 29, 2014
 It's insidious, low self-esteem. And pervasive among women. Despite all that we do at home and at work, despite our many accomplishments, many of us still don't...

BlogHer ’14: the backstory

July 28, 2014
The Scene Thousands of women. Annual BlogHer Conference.  San Jose, CA.  July 24-26. Weather: in the 90s, feels like 104.   I COULD write about the BlogHer...

Brains and backgammon

July 27, 2014
We've got some time on our hands. More than we ever used to. Time that M and I now spend fiddling with our various remotes. Cable, Roku, DVR--they're a time suck. ...

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