I’ve written about politics, anger, fear, loathing, and other topics of great concern. But for my own sanity, I thought I’d write about something other than the great divide of wealth and poverty, suffering, ailments, wildfires and assorted seasonal mish-mosh. I’m wondering how to have... Continue
What's Up With That?
We’re reminded again of the horrors of fire and smoke. It’s been over a year, but many of us are still dealing with loss of many different kinds. It’s challenging and humbling. It's also a time for holiday hairballs….mixed emotions about a lot of issues... Continue
Inside women’s souls lies a volcano of hot lava, smoldering for too long. We’re sick of being mistreated and tired of our own negative self-talk. It shows up in our anger, depressed moods and artistic blocks, our struggle to love our bodies, or in our... Continue
We all want ways to thrive. Whether we’re drawing, cooking, making wine, singing, planting sunflowers or speaking to a crowd, art is always enlivening. Art can be re-arranging your kitchen or the great art of conversation. It can be in anything we do. It requires... Continue
Lately, some generous and good people are blowing my mind. Maybe it’s because I feel more vulnerable, with the fires and earthquakes and terrible events in the news. I feel more grateful for the good people around me. At the grocery store a friend grabbed... Continue
How did we get this egghead president into the white house anyway? Oh, I know the theories. But... really? Here in sunny Sonoma we’re also being bought out by big money. Just take a walk. And the fires in our sweet valley are still haunting... Continue
It’s stirring to see strong athletes kneeling down for fairness and respect and standing up for liberty. Great men care about the common good. They’re not out in left field. Let’s put the good guys back in the news and movies. I’m ready to be... Continue
Let’s face it… it's easier to ignore a text than a real person on the other end of the phone. Technology isolates us. This makes us more likely to curl up in a ball instead of sharing our emotional hairballs with each other or a... Continue
Sex and money make the world go round. I don't have either, but just like most things, good sex comes through dialogue – once intercourse meant conversation. And money, well, that's getting tighter and tighter for most of us. But, whether its sex or money,... Continue
Mass shootings, war, road rage – it’s just too much. What is all this anger rooted in? We “seem to talk less and less about where the rage-sickness causing these massacres comes from,” says Matt Taibbi. Anger starts in our limbic (fight or flight) brains.... Continue