Category: Self-Reflection
100 Days and More To Come
July 1, 2020
Sheltering in place in California. It’s been over 100 days in which I have slept nightly in my OWN bed. Not a common act for […]
We Contain Multitudes
May 1, 2020
Hello from my apartment in Palo Alto, CA, USA. As of the posting of this newsletter, I have been here for 6 weeks. I imagine […]
Into the Woods
April 1, 2020
Since my mother’s death 10 years ago, she has come to me in the form of a bird. Sitting on my balcony railing or on […]
Verbs For My 53rd
March 2, 2020
I am excited. My package of new cool reading glasses from Peepers arrived. I bought some oversized ones that remind me of Iris Apfel! Reading […]
Being Our Best Adult Selves
January 6, 2020
Sometime in the last year I saw a Roz Chast cartoon in The New Yorker that made me not only smile but actually laugh out […]
A Work In Progress
December 2, 2019
A colleague wrote me from Bangkok. He is in ‘start up mode’ with a new school scheduled to start in the new year. He was […]
Seeking Emotional Maturity?
November 1, 2019
When I was 14, I threw a party. It was a terrible party by any standard. There was music and food, but not much else. […]
Don’t Leave Your Longings Unattended
October 1, 2019
If you follow me on Facebook, you have seen my postings that start with “Consultant walks into a bar, Take 1000.” This past week at […]
Step into the Mystery
September 3, 2019
“I step into the day. I step into my life. I step into the mystery. Aho!” I learned this Ojibwe saying at a meditation class. […]
Inner Voice Time
August 1, 2019
Carpet cleaning, check. Date for getting REAL ID at the DMV, check. Car detailing to be scheduled, check. Plants on porch getting an overhaul, check. […]