Five things I learned in therapy

September 16, 2026
I'm a believer in therapy. Real therapy. With a good therapist. (Not all therapists are good.) Why do I believe in it? Therapy teaches us how to understand the life we're actually living—and how to stop making the same painful mistakes. (If we choose to. Some of us just love to keep the old...

You can’t make this stuff up.

August 11, 2010
Riley is a reactive dog. We've finally been able to spend more time training him outside, where the things that make him crazy abound. He's doing pretty well, but it...

Biblical literalism: maybe not all it’s cracked up to

August 11, 2010
This has been around for years and I just came across it again. I've always loved it. Sharing.In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observantOrthodox...

Sorry…

August 10, 2010
A few technical difficulties with posting this morning. I think they're straightened out. Read...

The best & worst of humankind

August 10, 2010
Very sad news: a group of international humanitarians providing medical aid to the poorest, most remote regions of Afghanistan were murdered last week. Many were...

Unintended consequences: the tech revolution

August 9, 2010
All the writing, sealing, stamping and mailing I've done lately has made me consider how correspondence has evolved over the last couple of decades. Or devolved,...

Gordon Ramsay. Only not.

August 8, 2010
This afternoon M & I were craving a good burger. "Where should we go to get a good one?" he asked. I thought about it and then said "I'll make them!"There was a...

August 8, 2010
Some people are lucky. They know young what they want to...

August 7, 2010
I know I don't exactly seem like a girly-girl, but at heart, I am.And lately, I've bee way into the old school way of communicating: by hand. Pen & ink. More on that...

Love’s the only house

August 6, 2010
A few words to think about today from Marianne Williamson.Love is a participatory emotion. It's not just something you feel. It's something you do. Video: Martina...

Everyone’s a comedian

August 6, 2010
Husband to me (about lawyers):"We are high priests of the language."Can you pick him out of the crowd?And this, also from the high priest of language:"Has the milk of...

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