On my mind

The blog includes articles I have written over the last few years, as well as a weekly post where I share what’s on my mind, even if it’s an undeveloped idea that popped up when I was stirring a vat of cheese!

Hope to Change: Shock, Hope, Grief

One of these rainy nights, I happened to hear an interview with a woman I had not heard of, named Annabelle Gurwitch, an actress, activist and author. With wry humor and comedic

Contradictions: Heroism, Sexual Abuse, Reconciliation

When I started college in 1973, it was a time of great political and social ferment in the US, and in a lot of other places too. I barely had time for

Body of Knowledge: War, Emotion, Attachment

Since time immemorial I have had a complex relationship with my body. By age 11, I was in the grip of what I later came to learn was anorexia, a baffling interplay

Friendship Matters: Dreams, Friendship-Wreck, Janina

As far back as I can remember, I longed for a best friend. I guess a best friend represented the equivalent of a beloved partner or even parent who placed me first

Self and Other: Shame, Mirroring, Dignity

I often ponder the question, of how it can be that parents can be so oblivious or thoughtless about their children. How can this happen? I have wondered this since childhood, and

Positive and Negative: Art, Visibility, Reward

I am no scholar of poetry, but I do remember that my grandmother (who was), often quoted the famous line of John Keats: “a thing of beauty is a joy forever.” I

Jealousy: Siblings, Transitions, Repair

It is a new year, and I thought it would be fitting to start us off with a “feel-good” blog. You might ask “feel good? Judging from the title, I don’t think

Survival of the Friendliest: Generations, Hope, Together

When I heard that my tech team is out for a hard-earned vacation next week, I realized I would not be able to send out a video. I thought about what I

Transformations: Loss, Hope, Succeed at Last

One of my few childhood memories is from when I was probably not quite three years old. We were on some sort of family outing, walking through a park in New York.

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