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Fifty Shades of Gray
I've often said that I could never live where gray shrouds daylight. When it's murky in southern California, my brain feels as foggy and bleary as the sky. I feel certain that I have a shade of SAAD. I am a yoga devotee. I began to go to the Triad Studio through a...
Write when you feel black or when you feel blue and then you feel all better
I ardently loved being a speech-language pathologist (SLP). I had my own private practice for 30 years, an effective domain of kindness, forgiveness, and tremendous effort that yielded human progress. A lot of progress for men, women, and children – even for myself....
Surfer Dudes
The grubby doorway yawns wide and its frame is mildly akimbo. It’s entry to a sallow stone building that is blocks from prime oceanside real estate, a place where squandered dreams live on. I am a sucker for an underdog, eager to savor and save what I can: “Let’s see...
Larry
His eyes disappear when he smiles and he smiles a lot. He is smart and crafty and as handsome as a god. And, a god he is in my world. My world is deep and wide because I am a gregarious soul. I sweep, I wisp, I waltz among people, sharing my light as required from...
I can do magic
I can do magic with groups of women. Here are two true life examples. I have done public speaking on a variety of topics and always open in this manner: "My name is Pat Jackson-Colando. I am a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in private practice. If you can say my...
DO DIFFERENTLY TO BE HAPPY
Tough Love
Several years ago a sister whispered, "I didn't get the empathy gene," in a wistful tone of exposition. The stunning confession is tape-recorded in my memory, a specialty from my profession and a childhood spent in vigilance.It explained a lot of things....
Letter from Prison
The envelope was a bit crumpled, but I’m used to that in this demoralized era of the USPS. Ben Franklin would be appalled, joining present day politicians and citizens in their much public rants about “things aren’t as good as they used to be and the country’s going...
Dare to Dream: I did, I do, I will.
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