Category Archives: JULY 2022

I am pleased to announce that the revision of my book, Question Everything: Overcoming Passivity in a Perilous World, is now available for purchase. It has a new cover of golden yellow light that better represents the optimism and peace … Continue reading →

There is something wonderful about the morning after a good soaking rain. Of course, the air is fresher and seemingly cleaner, but there is something purging about a rainstorm, like Mother Earth is having a good cry. She has a … Continue reading →

I am often shocked by the ridiculous things that people are told, through the news, advertising, and social media. It is more dismaying still, when so many people actually believe everything they hear. There was an article in the news … Continue reading →

For as long as I can remember, my hair has begun to shed in the fall. I end up with handfuls of hair after shampooing that accumulate in my comb and hairbrush. I often feel something tickling inside my shirt, … Continue reading →

I am watering the plants in my garden this morning, in advance of another day of 100 degree heat. The stench of herbicide and/or pesticide is in the air. Am I the only one who notices this?  Nearly every person … Continue reading →

The concept of the labyrinth originated from Greek mythology, but over the centuries it has come to represent the spiral growth of man. Symbolically, we enter the world through birth, and we each travel the singular, spiraling path back to … Continue reading →

Many years ago when I met my first husband, he got me into the habit of writing a TTD, or Things to Do Today list. I have continued this practice ever since. In fact, I write all kinds of lists. … Continue reading →

I have always felt that our current education system is sorely lacking. Its focus on grades and athletics feeds rivalry and competitive impulses and has little to do with actual learning. Cheating becomes a problem too, because the end goal … Continue reading →

I was having a conversation with a woman who has had five children. She was only fifteen years old when she had her first child and she wanted to have her tubes tied afterwards. The doctor refused; however, because she … Continue reading →

These past few days of intense heat have me feeling like Dorothy walking through a maze of poppies. I am overcome with sleepiness and a lack of energy. Is it the heat or is it my advancing years that has … Continue reading →