Chainsaw on tree limb, a mulching truck on the driveway, the rumpus of men shouting instructions and warnings, branches falling from the canopy of an old eucalyptus to the right…
During last week, I helped my youngest son pack for college: clothes, bike, passport, and computer. I saw him fold his new sheets, and pack the microwave safe bowls, and…
For 25 years, the end of August found me in the stores with a list in my hands looking for school supplies and back to school clothes for my children.…
Like most everybody in America, and especially those afflicted by a mental disorder, I too have been touched by Robin William’s sudden death. The beloved comic artist succumbed to despair…
Hello readers, My article Mental Illness as Part of a Complex Identity is featured as a Superhero Guest Blog in Mental Health Talk this month. Here is the link. Don’t…
Thanks to Heather Webster King, author of Extraordinary-Ordinary, for the opportunity to link to Just Write – Tuesdays, an exercise on freewritiing. I am fortunate to be able to share…
The city enchants us with its never ending offer of good shows and open festivals, baseball games, movies, and beaches. It feels like a constant vacation, minus the fact that…