Practical ways to fight depression

October 3, 2025
How to Fight Depression: A Compassionate Guide for the Journey Depression isn’t just sadness. It’s a heavy fog that can roll into our lives and cloud everything we see, touch, and feel. It’s not weakness. It’s not a flaw. It’s an illness—and it’s one many of us face, especially as...

Not original; still true

November 19, 2009
One of my friends recently admonished people who quote others. She believes they should find their own words, instead.I disagree.Even though I'm a writer, I think...

Enough heavy stories

November 19, 2009
Let's take a sick humor...

Men, pets, thoughts

November 19, 2009
Yes, very true.This would be a good time to ponder the characteristics of a good pet.I leave you to your own...

Scored!

November 18, 2009
I am holding a bottle of this in my hand.Yes.I scored some.Finally.And Tinker has had her first dose.She had been barking and whistling. (Don't even ask.)And now?All...

Unthinkable. Literally.

November 18, 2009
I woke up this morning thinking about the power of the mind. How I got there is a bit circuitous. But here's the story.Years ago I was close with people who were like...

Beautiful things ~ color & shape

November 18, 2009

Happy hour

November 18, 2009
What a pleasure it was to spend an hour in a bricks and mortar bookstore yesterday. To be surrounded by real books. To touch them and feel their weight and heft. The...

Meaning of life

November 18, 2009

A step at a time

November 18, 2009
We actually have a lease now, and that means we'll be moving in January. YAY!Sunnyvale is a nice little city that was once considered one of the best-run in the nation....

Old dogs, new tricks

November 17, 2009
Wow.I love this blog.Someone I know used the Back Space key this week.A rare event.Kudos to you, sugar. You know who you are.And now you know I...

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