When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
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...

The complicated story of a Roy Orbison concert

May 30, 2014
Who doesn't love Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman? The first few bars of the song, a hit in  1964, defined my young adolescence. And the Traveling Wilburys were a particular...

Home remedies are sometimes the best remedies

May 29, 2014
  PLEASE NOTE: I  am not a doctor. These home remedies are not medical advice. Please consult your physician before embarking on any new course of treatment or...

Quacks like a duck? Yeah, it’s crazy.

May 28, 2014
If it looks like crazy acts like crazy seems like crazy Rest assured. It's crazy. Crazy people act out. Is there someone in your family, among your friends or at...

Healing the father-daughter relationship

May 27, 2014
Those who knew me growing up also knew the contentious relationship I had with my father. His role was to guide me with an iron fist and I fought him tooth and nail,...

Oh for a book

May 26, 2014
Rumor has it that Barnes and Noble is on its last leg. Some are wondering if their stores will be around to see the new year ring in. It's ironic that the big chains...

About grief

May 25, 2014
The Blessed Lord said: You are mourning when there is no cause to lament, and yet you speak words that seem to be wise.  The truly wise lament neither for the living...

“Bad boys, bad boys…”

May 24, 2014
I really have to stop bingeing on Cops Reloaded, the newly repackaged TV series of all the strangest, most exciting episodes of the original reality series,...

(Don’t) Bite me

May 23, 2014
If there's such a thing as the perfect typeface for a word, this place in gorgeous Half Moon Bay, Calif. has found it. I mean, those letters just look ready to take a...

How I know I’m old

May 22, 2014
When we bought our new Subaru Outback last summer we decided to get Sirius/XM radio. Mostly because we love our oldies--music from the 1960s and also from our earlier...

Transforming ourselves + embracing change

May 21, 2014
The other day I watched the ever-inspirational writer Jeff Brown talk on video about transforming ourselves. He reminded us that our real hot spots are the issues and...

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