Struggling with insomnia?

June 10, 2026
Oh, to sleep like a baby! Are you (like me) struggling with insomnia? Here’s what can actually help: If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m. wondering why sleep won’t come, you know how discouraging insomnia can be. I hear from so many people—especially women over 50—who say...

Live every day

September 1, 2009
"One thing I've always admired about you," he said, "is that you've lived your life along the...

Faith by curlygirl

September 1, 2009

Random thoughts tonight

August 31, 2009
Fall semester. First day. Sunny. Hot. Humid.Surprise! No regular parking spaces during the day. Parked in faculty lot fire lane. With other profs. There is WAYY more...

Celebrating fall semester

August 31, 2009
It's called Over the Taupe.Really.Bought it in Miami.Wearing it today to mark the start of Fall Semester.It's da bomb.Yes. I am a girly-girl. ...

Fruit sex

August 31, 2009
Yes.Candies.Fruit-flavored.Packaged in graphics of smiling cartoon fruits happily having a great time.Because they are HAVING SEX. On the wrapper.The candies are...

Caring about subcity

August 30, 2009
The media tend to overdo coverage when famous people die. But the continuous coverage of Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral was important, because it allowed more Americans to...

There’s a story

August 30, 2009
Last year one of the young staffers in my office at the time caught sight of an old Selectric in a corner, and asked, "What's that?"There's a whole generation now that...

Love one another

August 30, 2009
I was reading an article the other day about the brain possibly being hardwired for religion & spirituality.It also addressed the possibility that religion is simply...

Security

August 29, 2009
Safety and security. Defined.Yes, he is breathing.Sound asleep.Don't think we'll see much of this for a while after the other 5 pets arrive, 'til he gets used to their...

Missing the Monterey peninsula

August 29, 2009
I'm thinking this morning about the cherry stands that dot the road south to the Monterey peninsula, through Gilroy. In summer.How the sweet, juicy flesh feels on my...

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