I was stunned, several weeks ago, to hear from a very old friend of mine, out of the blue. I mean a really old friend, whom I had not seen in almost 50 years, longer than many of my readers have been alive, and I had not thought of her in almost that long. I […]
Mixed Reviews: LOL, The Bermuda Triangle Revisited, Three R’s Read More »
Perhaps I am one of the few who has not been watching the Paris 2024 Olympics, but that notwithstanding, I could not help but hear the news. Simone Biles crowned the “greatest gymnast of all time.” Such excitement and national pride. I respect and admire Biles for her history-making courage in bringing concerns about athlete
Allez! Olympic History, Gender, Loss Read More »
I am often fascinated by what things stick or don’t stick in my memory from the near and distant past. I’m not even talking about traumatic memory, although that definitely fascinates me, but rather simple “declarative”, ordinary narrative memory. My husband can tell you all the restaurants we have been to and even what I
Nothing is Lethal: Assassins, “Transition Sites,” Seeds Read More »
One of the charming differences between my husband and me, (and admittedly not all of them are charming!) is that he is happy to pack and schlep a massive 575-page volume as vacation summer reading, while I prefer to travel feather-light. I am happiest to fill my suitcase with almost nothing. One of the few,
“Vot You Vant!” Love, Trees (and Cheese), Indomitability Read More »
I do love words. I asked my husband, does everyone read books with a massive dictionary at their elbow like I do? I am fairly literate, but I don’t want an interesting new one to get by me. He usually knows them all, so he doesn’t need to, but he knows far less than I
“Sociostasis”: Words, Husbands, Attachment Read More »
It is always my intention to be reliable and consistent, so please receive my sincerest apology and regret for being late with this week’s blog. I think we should all have a course in psychology school about orchids, as orchids are some excellent teachers – admittedly better perhaps than many I had in grad school
Assisted Living: Teachers, Learning to Whisper, Recovery Read More »
What do Arthur Ashe, Tiger Woods, Serena and Venus Williams, Jackie Robinson, Robert McFerrin Sr., Raven Wilkinson, and Misty Copeland have in common? No this is not a joke or a trick question. All are objects of great admiration of mine, not only because of their brilliance, but because all of them are or were
Tailwinds: Attachment, Winds, In Loving Memory Read More »
Coming home from Boston, I crashed into a colossal writer’s block. I had been on such a high for a week. A lifelong introvert, I had been social and interactive the whole time, probably talking more to people than I have in all my 41 years of sobriety. Coming home, I was reminded that I
Hope And Grit: Crashing, Loss, “The FDA Failed Us!” Read More »
June is Pride Month, I think around the world. In San Francisco where I live, the skies are more than ever splashed with the color of waving rainbow flags. I love those flags, and always wanted to get one for our house, partly because I love color, especially the vivid brightness of primary colors; and
Sshhhhhh… Neglect, Regulation, Neglect Informing Sex Therapy Read More »
I happened to catch an interview the other day with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. I had heard him before but I was in the car, and there was nothing else on right then. He wrote a book not long ago about the “epidemic of loneliness” in this country, and when I heard him that
On Service: Altruism, Neglect, Love Read More »