Do you have a dog in this hunt?

December 15, 2023
dog-in-this-hunt
Dog in this hunt: stake in the outcome. My position on any given personal situation, especially big ones like relationship endings, is to determine if I have a dog in...
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12 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

The problem with an open heart

October 25, 2023
open-heart
What? You don't think there's any problem with an open heart? You believe that's the way we should all live? Oh, I agree. It's a beautiful way to live. The problem...
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12 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Spirituality

The death of what you thought

October 17, 2023
Been around the block a time or two, and I think you have, too. And yet, we do have our illusions. Our hopes and dreams. And what we thought. Someone in one...
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18 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Why you should take a breath (or more) before sharing that

October 10, 2023
grievances
I follow the posts of a FB friend who is a psychologist.  A recent post got my attention because it involves one of the most destructive things to any relationship:...
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10 Comments · Opinion

“Life’s too mysterious, don’t take it ser...

October 4, 2023
life's-too-mysterious
Life's too mysterious, don't take it serious! For years I had this saying up in my house and I thought about it again the other month when a favorite cousin called...
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Let them be wrong about you

September 6, 2023
let-them-be-wrong
It's a beautiful summer day on our spectacularly colorful patio as I write this. Ah, the beauty of California! A friend and I were talking recently about how...
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How endings are not such a bad thing, after all

July 15, 2023
endings
There are no beginnings unless there are endings. Well, except for birth. That's the uber-beginning. But endings are natural. Endings of all kinds. And they're...
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Why you don’t need anyone’s permission to grow

June 30, 2023
` When a friend posted this I recognized immediately the useful truth it contained. "Not everyone who started with you will finish with you." Yes, that is the way...
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10 Comments · Inspiration, Travel

I found the recipe for a happy life

June 21, 2023
happy-life
The other afternoon on the patio I opened a book a friend had given me to a scene in which a mom was putting notes in her daughter's lunch box. It's not your...
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It may look easy, but it’s still heavy

March 29, 2023
Just because someone carries it well doesn't mean it's not heavy. Well, I sure do have a lot to say about this. I've always been one of those people who looks...
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