I saw a bear yesterday. Actually, I saw two bears. A mama and a baby bear were strolling by the house I am staying in near Lake Tahoe. My first…
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So many ways to communicate
So many ways to communicate and such little communication. Have you ever thought about how the tools we use to communicate may influence who we stay in contact with? And,…
Read moreI can feel my brain starting to work again.
I can feel my brain starting to work better. I have been making a conscious effort to spend less time on social media. I kid you not, I can feel…
Read moreTime to clean up this mess
I have been bad. Since COVID-19 arrived on the scene I let some bad habits creep back into my life. Today is the day I start to clean up this…
Read moreIt is okay to not be okay
I don’t talk about this much because many people have it worse than me. I tell myself I should be grateful. I am grateful. I tell myself I am lucky.…
Read moreB+W Photo Challenge Shame
I need to talk about the elephant I am feeling in the virtual room. This whole black and white photo challenge and the shame around it. It is not a…
Read morePeople Can Evolve
Here’s a thought… I believe people can evolve and we need to give them the space to do so. Not so long ago Obama supported “civil unions” and civil rights…
Read moreFrom One White Woman to Another #BlackLivesMatter
Look for ways that you are racist, rather than ways to prove you’re not. – Sara Milstein When you say or read #BlackLivesMatter it does not mean all lives do…
Read moreLife is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. (Who said this?) That saying has never felt so true to me as it does right now. It…
Read moreRemembering those we lost – is it too much to handle right now?
Okay, something is bothering me and when something is bothering me what I usually do is blog about it. I don’t understand why we as a human community are not…
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