“We don’t wake up saying ‘I’m going to do the same stupid things I did yesterday, but by the end of the day, we normally do.” --James Hollis, Through the Dark Wood, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Originally, I had intended this blog post to be a missive...
Earlier this year, I learned that when I renewed the website for my blog, I had only clicked on saving the email address. So, as a result of one small error, my entire site was wiped clean. Initially, I was heartbroken that my writing had...
“And I prayed to sweet Jesus, don’t let me become a backslider!”-The Toadies, Backslider I am the teacher from Charlie Brown. In my head, all I hear is “wah wah whomp wah whomp wah wah.” The slow drain of my laptop battery toward zero is an...
If you weren’t a Star Trek – The Next Generation nerd, you may never have had the pleasure of hearing a member of the Borg say: “You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.” The Borg was a collective of cybernetic organisms who assimilated other cultures and technologies into...
“One of the sad things today is that so many people are frightened by the wonder of their own presence. They are dying to tie themselves into a system, a role, or to an image, or to a predetermined identity that other people have actually...
As many of you know, I recently embarked on a project for my multicultural counseling class where I panhandled on the street. The purpose of this project was to catch a brief glimpse of what it would be like to feel dependent on the generosity of others. You...
You may need ear muffs for this post, because there will be frank discussions of a sexual nature. This afternoon, as the final part of my project in multicultural counseling, I attended a meeting of Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA). I am not a sex addict,...
Anyone who knows me well has undoubtedly encountered my wonder in the mystical. I believe in the real magic of the Universe. I pet all the puppers. I take pictures of every rainbow I see. And, there are quite a few unicorns around my house....
Have you ever asked yourself why Rick James couldn’t bring his girl home to mother? Honestly, I hadn’t given it much thought until today. I assumed that his girl’s proclivity for kink made her unacceptable in some form or fashion to Rick’s mom. Me? I have always been of...
In her seminal book, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron sets forth a method for maintaining a dynamic creative practice....
