I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
Quick. Let’s play a game of stream of consciousness. From 2010 to 2019, what are the first words or images that come to mind. For me, it is in no particular order of significance (says the psychologist) Miley Cyrus, Hurricane Maria, Uber, Sandy Hook, Superstorm Sandy, Trump, Avengers, […]
Despite me not being 100% sold on this coming week being the last week of decade, I’ll still go ahead with my own retrospective. Before diving into that, what I meant is that I am partly of the belief that the decade starts in 2021. But if everyone […]
An acquaintance posted on their Facebook feed how they were taking a break from social media for the rest of the decade and that they could be reached solely via text. I immediately was amazed that this particular person would go offline for a year. Then I realized […]
I love Christmas. Unabashedly. I love this day in part because I get to see joy on the faces of others. And, that in turn warms my stomach and makes my heart beat with joy. Right now my son is playing his new harmonica nonstop. Luckily, I have […]
‘Tis the season to be jolly. I love this time of the year. Perhaps even more than my son. Perhaps. Not sure about that. I want him to experience the joy of receiving gifts small and large. I want him to experience the joy of singing Christmas songs […]
I am a little late to this particular party but I wanted to weigh in on some recent television and social media advertisements. I have had a lot going on in my life recently and I haven’t taken the time to think about one of these silly twitter […]
I am not a big Star Wars fan. The only movie in the series I really liked was Rogue One and it is stand-alone. However, I went into this latest Star Wars viewing experience with an open mind. A hopeful mind. This year has been rather ho-hum when […]
She loved making snow angels. She loved the feel of the movement with cold snow underneath her body. She felt invigorated. She was making her angels while singing the Smiths. The two things were somewhat opposite in how they framed her mindset. But they each jazzed her up. […]
Quell, quiet the noise Send quivers into the storm Pondering the quantum mechanics of it all Hungrily quaffing all in sight Question reality The self can be quizzed Quicken the pace of introspection To be quirky is to be free
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