Does America love guns more than it loves its children?

November 6, 2025
love-guns-more
Does America love guns more than it loves its children? It sure appears so. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. America’s obsession with guns isn’t just embarrassing—it’s deadly. And the bodies piling up aren’t just adults in crime-ridden neighborhoods or people in the “wrong...
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6 Comments · Opinion

How they shoulda, coulda, woulda

November 9, 2020
One of my friends lives in a state of constant regret. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. I can see how it happened: Traumatized at an early age by a dominant, unreasonable and...
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10 Comments · Blog, Soul School

Connect with the clarity that comes from maturity — a...

November 3, 2020
clarity
When the veil that obscures our vision is removed, the perfect clarity that results is a beautiful thing. Oh, it may not be the most comfortable thing, but it clears the...
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5 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Soul School

Day of the Dead: Here’s to the ones that we’ve

October 31, 2020
here's-to-the-ones-that-we've-lost
The Mexican Day of the Dead is actually several days, during which loved ones who have transitioned are honored with altars, offerings and visits to the cemetery. During...
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14 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Soul School

Dreams die hard

October 26, 2020
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Walking down the hall in my temporary hotel quarters in my hometown, a discarded star on the carpet caught the light and my attention. It's been there for at least...
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13 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Soul School

Why you can’t touch this

October 23, 2020
The audio in my car is always on, and on LOUD. I've been dancing (and car-dancing) my way through my time in my hometown, preparing for closing on our new second home...
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6 Comments · Blog, Travel

Walking the sacred path with friends who stick like glue

October 19, 2020
This is for Michael, Gregory, Bonnie, Michele, Scott, bestie Lee, Maui girls Susan and Alice, Cheri, Joanne, MaryLou and for my beloved Marilyn, who is now on the other...
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8 Comments · Blog, Soul School

I am not writing about you. Or I am.

October 16, 2020
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“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” Every writer I know...
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16 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Soul School

How the threat of fascism was the root of one man’s p...

October 12, 2020
what-kind-of-world
What kind of world do we want to leave our children and grandchildren? And how do we communicate our values to them? What are we teaching our children when there are...
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18 Comments · Blog, Soul School

What is the best sympathy gift for the loss of a loved one?

October 7, 2020
sympathy-gift
When someone I care about has lost a loved one I want to honor them with a thoughtful and unique sympathy gift. Something more than flowers or a charitable donation. A...
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Why you should respect but not fear looking within

October 5, 2020
looking-within
If you had asked me months ago if I thought looking within was challenging I'd have said "absolutely not!" Well, not so damn fast. I'm in my hometown, 2,500+ miles...
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10 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Soul School

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