I chose “awareness” as my word for the year. Man, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. The more-than-coincidental timing of my cataract surgery helped. I can see clouds inRead More…

“We are like books. Most people only see our covers, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.” ~ Emile Zola What a greatRead More…

I’ve been thinking about writing a book with this title, so I researched other books of the same title. One is by an interior decorator, discussing artful placement of one’s stuff inRead More…

I shared a post on Facebook recently. Pooh was having anxious feelings and Piglet came alongside him, just to BE with him, which made him feel supported and cared for. I LOVERead More…

Courage is a concept you don’t hear much about anymore. Cowardice, yes. Politics over doing the right thing, YES. Courage, not so much. The other day I heard an interview with DrewRead More…

Leave it to me to see “Oppenheimer” and an interview with photojournalist, James Nachtwey, on the same day. One was about the horrors of war and the other was about…the horrors ofRead More…

There are two kinds of people in the world—those who squeeze the life right out of us and those who give life lavishly. Two kinds. (Okay, maybe three, counting all of usRead More…

Last week, I started a leadership course on interacting with people experiencing homelessness and trauma. One session was about de-escalation. When a situation starts getting tense (in a library, for example), theRead More…

I had cataract surgery this morning. (Yes, I’m of a certain age.) So lately, because of my upcoming procedure, readings about seeing have “caught my eye.” (Groan if you must…) Anyway, here’sRead More…

The president of my university says this. “The most effective people are learners rather than knowers. Knowers, assuming they have arrived, draw only on what they have learned. Learners, on the otherRead More…