Does good parenting mean controlling kids’ media?

March 19, 2015
Our world is consumed by violence and it's only getting worse. While international horrors have taken center stage lately, closer-to-home killings at Sandy Hook and...

Bronzed baby shoes

March 18, 2015
Most babies in the 1950s and maybe longer wore these traditional little white lace-up baby shoes. I love them--they remind me of purity and innocence. They are so...

Irish falconry and the Blarney stone

March 17, 2015
I fell in love with Ireland, completely and utterly.  In my dreams I got a teaching job there at Trinity College and lived near downtown...all those pubs.  I heart...

A life in refrigerator magnets

March 16, 2015
Oh, I know, I know. We are supposed to keep our refrigerators clutter-free so that our kitchen looks organized. Maybe a few family photos, but that's it. But that's NOT...

Window to my world

March 15, 2015
A few of my blogging friends are posting some version of "what's going on in my life now." I like reading them and getting a little taste of what their days are...

Do you agree that resistance is futile?

March 14, 2015
The first time I heard this was at an est seminar in the early 1980s and it made perfect sense. (It might have been one of the few things at that seminar that...

Lessons from the second half of life

March 12, 2015
Life is a long, winding road and as much as we plan, we really can't know for sure what's around the bend.  One of the gifts of age is that a lot of the road now lays...

Do you hold the lion’s paw?

March 11, 2015
I hold the Lion’s Paw Whenever I dance. I know the ecstasy of the falcon's wings When they make love against the sky, And the sun and moon sometimes argue over who...

Riley & the Adirondack chair

March 10, 2015
I take a lot of crap about being overly-attached to this cutie pie. Some people think I'm pathological about it, but of course, I don't buy it. I love my dog....

It’s all about the view

March 9, 2015
I'm learning that it's all about the view: the power of the mind and thought to control our experience of life. Shi z happens. It does. Things don't always go our way....

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