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...

Beautiful things ~ weathered red paint

November 11, 2009

Culture evolves, why fight it?

November 11, 2009
I've had a running email debate with an old friend over what he sees as disrespect to our Judeo-Christian culture. Dilution.The latest round concerned his belief that...

Happy dance for happy home

November 11, 2009
We'll have a year's lease on our lovely 5BR 3 Bath home in Sunnyvale, California. Enough room for us each to have an office and for us to have a home gym and a guest...

Great writing, any medium, always appreciated

November 10, 2009
Grey's Anatomy has to be one of the best-written TV shows on the air today. A little out there at times, but addictive. Season after season. I've now got M. into it.What...

Hardening of the heart

November 10, 2009
There's so much talk about hardening of the arteries, at least among my age group. Stents. Bypasses. Diets. Medication.But over the past year or two I've noticed another...

Beautiful things ~ iconic Alaska

November 10, 2009
My father bagged a bear in Alaska. It was a highlight of his life. I don't believe in killing animals for sport, but I love Alaska. It always reminds me of my father. I...

Deal’s not dead

November 10, 2009
I called on the house just now.The owners are running numbers and making a final decision about whether or not to rent.If they rent, it's us.Or they stay in the house. ...

Rugs x 2

November 10, 2009
The family is together again.Yes, that is our black chow-chow.And our tiny maltipoo.Riley and Puddin' get along great.Twin rugs, tonight.M. took this while I taught.They...

Whiny student (not mine)

November 9, 2009
I am sitting my my office at the university, listening to a student berate another adjunct for giving him bad grades and for calling him to task for acting out in...

Wounded sanity

November 9, 2009
The wounded sanity of the neurotic.Isn't it a perfect line?Written by Michael Greenberg in his moving memoir about his daughter's psychosis.It's a fine line, at least...

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