The challenges of parenting today

June 29, 2026
parenting
I can't think of anything harder than parenting today. I don't have children of my own, but I clearly see the challenges in raising them today. It must feel like like trying to raise a human in a house with no walls and a thousand open windows. Your kids hear every voice and are exposed to every...
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1 Comments · Healthy Living, Inspiration

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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6 Comments · Blog

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

Don’t let toxic masculinity (and CTE) destroy your so

May 31, 2023
An impactful piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE in the Washington Post* broke my heart. CTE is a fatal brain disease associated with repeated...
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10 Comments · Blog, Opinion

Farmer Wants Wife… in Australia??

May 23, 2023
farmer-wants-wife
Who knew that an ad for Farmer Wants Wife. (in the bush, no less), would be so attractive! But the new show, Farmer Wants A Wife has proven quite popular. And...
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12 Comments · Blog, Opinion

The greatest unreality show on earth

May 19, 2023
unreality
Opinions are like a$$holes...everybody's got one.  That saying's been around for a long time, but it's never been more true than it is today, in the age of social...
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14 Comments · Blog, Opinion

What I learned from a potentially heart-stopping situation

May 17, 2023
heart-stopping
If you read regularly, you know that we had a rather complicated trip to Hawaii in February. (If you haven't read it yet, here's that story.) But that wasn't the...
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18 Comments · Blog

Nothing less useful than willful resistance to the realitie...

May 9, 2023
resistance-to-aging
Well, look. We can't stop the aging process, no matter how we try. It's a natural process and if we're lucky, we get to go all the way through it. Oh, sure, we can...
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26 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

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