“Old peeps” and I don’t mean the chicks

August 19, 2013
Last semester I sat in on a student project presentation. They identified their target market as "old peeps in retirement homes."  Looking at their shiny, 20-year old...
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Cock o’ the walk

August 5, 2013
When I saw this painting I couldn't help but think of Derek Wills, the bad-boy director character on the (now cancelled) TV show, Smash. Did you watch? Its setting was...
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We get by with a little help

July 26, 2013
The Beatles also said it well: We get by with a little help from our friends. John Donne said No man is an island. And I'm fond of saying We're all in this...
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Everyone’s our teacher

July 24, 2013
  This is such a hard concept to learn, but such a useful one. The Divine sends us challenging people, difficult people, to help us learn, that's what I think,...
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Changing our country one person at a time

July 22, 2013
What would it mean to live in a city whose people were changing each other’s despair into hope? – You yourself must change it. – what would it feel like to...
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Gracious manners long gone

July 17, 2013
It's a lost art, that's what I've noticed. Being gracious is all too rare in our world today and I can point to multiple examples of that. Have you sent an email with...
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Real romance is made up of tiny, everyday acts of love

June 24, 2013
There are probably women who don't like romantic gestures, but I can't name a single one. It doesn't even matter what the gesture is, either. That flower he brings when...
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The silliness of sexting

June 22, 2013
The scene: Group of women of a certain age, in car coming back from a day in the city discussing this riveting 21st century topic. With much hilarity. If you...
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Speak up!

May 23, 2013
It's really a surprise to me how many people keep things inside and never share what they're thinking and feeling. It's a problem. At work, by all means, choose your...
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Love isn’t enough

May 20, 2013
Painting in Sonoma It doesn't matter how much two people love one another if they are developmentally incompatible, or if there is not a shared...
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