The Halloween Paradox
Something Wicked This Way Comes Open locks, Whoever knocks. (Macbeth Act IV Scene 1) Over the past few decades Halloween has become one of the…
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Thanks To Friends And Acquaintances
There is nothing like a close friend. But other kinds of friends are important, too, including casual acquaintances. In midlife and beyond, these might be…
Finding Purpose Through Life’s Changes
In a community group I attend, a woman in her late 40’s talked about her struggle with depression. She explained that her two children were…
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
“Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should die, and…
Choose The Higher Self
Lately, have you been thinking that the world is spinning out of control? Are recent events in the news making you feel angry, frustrated, anxious…
The Way Home
Love one another. That pretty much sums up the answer to our problems, as individuals and as societies. It is the only way to live…
Sunrise, Sunset
The water runs swift, fastest in memory, on the river called Salmon, also nicknamed The River of No Return. This longest undammed river in the…
Standing In The Doorway
Transition was in the air during the backyard reception honoring the work and retirement for the two Executive Directors of the nonprofit corporation, Jannus, Inc.…
Bend Like A Willow
This year, Carolyn Hax, the syndicated advice columnist, celebrates 25 years of responding to American readers’ personal problems. Recently, in a special question-and-answer column for…
As Time Flies By
The late author Dan Gilmore in his book, The Dharma Box, told the following story that is expanded upon and adapted for this writing: The…