Life after disability: can it be a new kind of wholeness?

October 7, 2025
life-after-disability
We’re not always prepared for the ways life shifts. One day, we move through the world as we always have—walking with ease, using our hands without thinking, seeing clearly. And then something happens. An accident, a diagnosis, a progression of aging. Suddenly, the body becomes unfamiliar...
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Does she think we just fell off the turnip truck?

July 7, 2023
turnip-truck
This post is going to be a real snoozer if you don’t follow the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. So scroll past if it doesn't interest you. But if you do follow...
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2 Comments · Blog, Opinion

F*** the small talk

July 6, 2023
small-talk
Yeah, about the small talk ... But first: I've been known to drop the F bomb from time to time, but far less now than in years past. There's so much jarring...
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6 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

Would you bet it all on blonde?

July 2, 2023
bet-it-all-on-blonde
Madly searching for something to get me to sleep as I rocked and rolled on the choppy Arctic Sea, Erika Girardi of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills came to mind. I...
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Why you don’t need anyone’s permission to grow

June 30, 2023
` When a friend posted this I recognized immediately the useful truth it contained. "Not everyone who started with you will finish with you." Yes, that is the way...
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10 Comments · Inspiration, Travel

How DNA can unlock family mysteries

June 26, 2023
DNA
Who hasn't wondered where they are from? About their family history? Their ethnic background? About their DNA? This is the Sicilian town my mother's family is...
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1 Comments · Blog, Travel

I found the recipe for a happy life

June 21, 2023
happy-life
The other afternoon on the patio I opened a book a friend had given me to a scene in which a mom was putting notes in her daughter's lunch box. It's not your...
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14 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

How about some first of summer baby boom tidbits?

June 18, 2023
baby-boom
What do you see when you look at this image? I like to remember how simple life was back in the baby boom days.  A couple of TV channels. Rock and roll on a...
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Everything’s coming up roses…

June 15, 2023
I'm inviting you today to just feast your eyes on some pretty. Because everything's coming up roses at our house, and I wanted to share the beauty with you. Of course,...
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11 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Inspiration

Some losses rearrange the world

June 14, 2023
loss
That's the thing about loss, isn't it? Our world changes forever. Our hearts break. Someone we love leaves. A beloved pet crosses the Rainbow Bridge. Death takes...
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4 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Spirituality

How the age of political correctness is not aging well

June 6, 2023
political-correctness
It is entirely possible to have questions about the performance of a woman of color in an elected office. Even when our politics are left of center. So do not...
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8 Comments · Blog, Opinion

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