It’s been 159 days since my family started quarantine. The litany of events we have experienced in that […]
Category Archive: Writing
Way back in 1992 it was considered deviant to have a tattoo. People with tattoos fell into categories […]
I’m updating my website with the help of a super talented, visually oriented friend. An unexpected response to […]
There are some milestones in life where there is an expectation that we engage in a little self-reflection. […]
When our daughter was younger she was really into The Bearenstain Bears books and cartoons. The books, if […]
I recently described the last six months of my life as a time of “unprecedented stress.” What would […]
One of the most painful things I watch my clients experience is not losing a job to a […]
I asked my daughter what she might say to help a friend have the courage to do something […]
My writing about politics and current events has been in a long summer drought. I didn’t check out […]
An uncomfortable truth is hidden under the national discussion about music being played too loud, and the hoodies […]
Occasionally age-related vanity gets me in its grip. Now that I wear glasses all the time, I feel […]
Time off means different things to different people. For me, stretches of “free time”, also known as “Holidays”, […]
For everyone who is an artist, writer, activist, poet, dreamer, parent… This inspired me.
As I get older it gets harder to recover from late nights and too little sleep.
Sleep is one of those things that gets to be a habit. Your body gets used to being well rested and protests when its not. It may have been a better strategy for me to fight the impulse to rest when tired in order to reduce the backlash when its not available. But that horse has left the barn.
August looks like it might shape up to be a month of self discovery. Things I need to discover in no particular order:
Amandatoryrant 