When we come from fear

September 23, 2026
Sometimes people don’t come from anger or any other emotion. Even if that's how it seems. Instead, they come from fear. In fact, I'd lay odds on the fact that most of us come from fear most of the time: Fear of being rejected. Fear of losing control. Fear of not being enough. Fear that if we...

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...

Beautiful things~Yosemite

November 17, 2009
Friends often ask what I love so much about northern California.(And do get this right, it's NORTHERN, because to us, the southern part of the state simply does not...

The Queen had it right (with apologies to Mr. Carroll)

November 17, 2009
Conventional wisdom says it doesn't happen often, but I say it happens more than we think.I know at least four people who've married people they've had affairs...

What happened to Coach?

November 17, 2009
Have you been in a Coach store these days?Their goods, once my all-time favorite, now look like a cross between Ed Hardy and Versace."Garish," my girlfriend pointed...

Tabloid break

November 16, 2009
I thought I'd read the perfect tabloid news today: David Letterman's wife threw him out of the house. Ah, yes. As she should have. Then I read this, said to...

Truth, trust, trouble

November 16, 2009
Riley's a little dog.When I hold him in my arms, high in the air -- some 10 or more times his height -- he looks at me with total trust.He knows he's safe.That I will...

Beautiful things – Mary Cassatt

November 16, 2009
One of my favorite painters. Her mother and child paintings are...

Silence is overrated

November 16, 2009
I'm known for calling it like I see it.It's not always pretty.It's not always welcome.But it's usually congruent.I believe that talking is important.And that silence is...

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