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.
Every week I fall in love with a new song or five. And by fall in love, I mean, I discover and then listen to on repeat ad nauseam. I listen to a song for thirty minutes straight thinking that I will never tire of it. Of course, […]
I was busy all day running around prepping my house for sale. It is a huge endeavor and cannot believe I am doing this again. But I am not here to rail against the wacky, tumultuous housing market. That is for another time. I’m here, instead, to rail […]
It had been a long day. An emotional one where they had come to pay tribute and say goodbye. Her heart was still swollen. She had needed to decompress. She was deep into her nightime netflix binge when she automatically flicked something off her chest and sat up. […]
To inspire or be inspired To motivate or be motivated To lead or be led To drive or be driven Is it not all one and the same? To be alert or alerted That is a different bit To sing or be serenaded Only if the ears will […]
Today is an absolutely wonderful day. It is a glorious day. I am tickled and ecstatic. On this day ten years ago my son was born. He came into the world, bright-eyed and full of hair. He scanned the room with his big eyes and took it […]
Those were big shoes to fill But those can always be padded I carry a lingering laugh A silly nature A curious mind She wanted to be me But she is not me I can handle the fire I can handle the river No deluge put a […]
Sometimes I am shocked at human behavior. And, then I am shocked at myself for being so shocked. I know better. People are fairly predictable. And the fact that some people at times act against their own best interests isn’t shocking either. I have seen time and […]
A few years ago, well a decade or more ago, I learned of the word “inured.” It is what me referred to as a GRE word. You know those fancy test score words. Regardless of when it came into my life, it is an awesome word to know. […]
Perhaps I am extremely tired. No, I am extremely tired. There is no perhaps to it. I am working on a book chapter that is due in two weeks and I barely have an outline together. I am a very fast writer, however. But there just may not […]
They were exhausted from all their pacing during the past 24 hours. They had smoked up a storm and even prayed to the tiki gods, sort of speak. They sat cross-legged and rocked their bodies. Not in unison, however. They were too keyed up in their own minds. […]
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