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...

A little help from our friends

October 9, 2009
To Joanne.Helen.Marilyn.Shelley.Sheila.Joy.Liza.Thanks for always being on my left. ...

Sit Saturday – rugs

October 9, 2009
Frankly, I don't see why landlords make all this fuss about dogs. Our dogs are rugs and that's no joke.I'm sitting on the living room sofa. Little He is stretched out,...

Gratitude Friday – stumbling blocks

October 9, 2009
I'm not someone easily thrown by circumstances. I'm more apt to look for a solution. To try on various scenarios and to think creatively.After talking to a property...

Equal time

October 8, 2009
and it's funny,...

On drinking

October 8, 2009

The holidays

October 8, 2009
I love the holidays. And although the 93 degree/super-humid weather here belies the fact, the Christmas holidays are just around the corner.Many of us bemoan the crass...

A victim of my generation

October 7, 2009
One great outcome of being grown up is the coalescing of my political and social beliefs the unequivocal knowledge of what they are. A solid conviction that I believe...

When in doubt, sing out

October 6, 2009
Ah, middle age.Oh, ok. Maybe we're a bit older than that now. Don't feel it. But know it's true.It's also true that when we've passed the half-century mark, we're likely...

Getting our groove on

October 6, 2009
And dance, we shall, at our January celebration.I met with our event planner today. M and I decided on our invitations. We talked about the music, again. We talked...

Delayed alimony

October 6, 2009
There are many things about our remarriage that lend themselves to somewhat darker humor. Not completely noir, but somewhat.At dinner, M. referred in passing to a lawyer...

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