It’s Not PMS, It’s You! Interview with the author
Fri, 27/08/10 – 14:04 | 26 Comments

“…for every woman who ever pulled her hair out trying to explain–for the 46th time–the importance of putting the toilet seat down, for Christ’s sake, or that burping the national anthem after every meal is not a constitutional right…

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Poetry From MidLife
Monday, 21 Jun, 2010 – 15:32 | 3 Comments
Poetry From MidLife

You show me halves/Half smiles/Hints of what lies/half-buried…

Life Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Monday, 12 Apr, 2010 – 13:28 | 2 Comments
Life Lessons from The Wizard of Oz

I don’t know how Dorothy interpreted the message but for me the effect was visceral, a relaxation into knowing that I don’t know…a damn thing.

Use it or lose it: your brain, that is
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 15:06 | 8 Comments
Use it or lose it: your brain, that is

Really, I was afraid of making the wrong decision. At the age of 43, I didn’t want to start down a road, using up precious time and money, and then realizing it was a road I didn’t want to be on after all.

Poetry from Midlife: Deep Bloom
Monday, 8 Feb, 2010 – 14:44 | 8 Comments
Poetry from Midlife: Deep Bloom

I want to live
right through to the end in full frontal
engagement, awake to everything.

How To Save Your Own Life
Sunday, 3 Jan, 2010 – 21:44 | 2 Comments
How To Save Your Own Life

I can see How To Save Your Own Life on the bedside table of someone who likes to fall asleep at night with something spiritually-provocative on their mind

How To Beat The Deadline Trap
Monday, 14 Dec, 2009 – 14:29 | 5 Comments
How To Beat The Deadline Trap

As I lolled in the sand in a state of total relaxation and bliss, I had a revelation…

What Makes a Home?
Sunday, 6 Dec, 2009 – 22:52 | 4 Comments
What Makes a Home?

We never do leave home. Every house we’ve ever lived in has helped form us into who we are, has followed along with us every step of the way.

Of Marriage, Life, Art and Loss
Sunday, 29 Nov, 2009 – 23:28 | 6 Comments
Of Marriage, Life, Art and Loss

Regardless of the causes, I am dealing with an enormous loss, and the agony of watching him erase himself. It is the antithesis of creating. It is chaos as well as inertia.

Dialectic: Poetry, Philosophy, Collage
Monday, 16 Nov, 2009 – 13:14 | One Comment
Dialectic: Poetry, Philosophy, Collage

The walls of human understanding have various purposes, textures, designs. But their intent is often to keep something…safe from challenge and on-going discovery of the truth of inherent polarity.

How To Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For
Thursday, 27 Aug, 2009 – 13:30 | 3 Comments
How To Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For

The only thing any of us can know for certain is that life will continue to change at a rapid pace because the world has gotten more complex and interdependent.