Socialized Medicine

Socialized Medicine

Independence is a wonderful thing; ditto alone time. It’s one of the privileges of adulthood. But we’re often at our best when we’re together. Here’s a queue – what do you think they are lined up to achieve? Purchase the last video game, iPhone, or a...
The Antidote to Simmering Disquietude

The Antidote to Simmering Disquietude

These days I’m suffering with simmering disquietude nearly all the time. I know you know why… the world, our country. I feel as if I must return to biting my nails or stuff a fist in my mouth to suppress a scream worthy of a B-Actress in a bad horror film, due to the...
Confessions of a DInk Pro

Confessions of a DInk Pro

My father used to like to putter (my mother’s term) and he did it well though many years of retirement, relishing the busy-ness he alone could create, free of the demands and constraints of other people’s demands via work, but always guided by purpose. He...
Curiosity Re-Wires Your Brain for Change

Curiosity Re-Wires Your Brain for Change

I penned a recent blog post about personality particulars. In today’s missive, I’d like to ponder curiosity, a trait my husband and I have in common, but our relatives in Elsewhere USA don’t share. I know because we’ve just returned from a visit and, as usual, few...
Fake Future Fracas Averted

Fake Future Fracas Averted

Pardon this humble brag as entry to a blog post: My husband and I have pro-level social skills. Part of this expertise comes from our careers. His as a sales and marketing manager and mine as a speech-language pathologist. We can read body language, note tone of...