a common sense approach to everyday life, spiritulism, health and happiness
I have been blessed with exceptional family and friends during my lifetime. Each beloved soul is exceptionally funny (at least I think so), intelligent, spirited and sassy, but also fearless… with lots of “weirdness” thrown in for good measure! These…
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“Another day, another fight. Nothing is ever easy with kids in the house. From the moment their eyes open in the morning (or rather after the screaming and cajooling to “get up and ready for school”), there’s the argument of “what…
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I didn’t know the three other men that died that day, but I deeply mourn them nonetheless. Chris Stevens was a friend of mine. Not a close friend, but we did spend a good portion of our comfortable time together enjoying…
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(Lest I be run out of town for calling attention to a few common complaints amongst church-goers, be aware that I consider participation a “privilege” of church membership. These are real complaints from pious people that attribute a degree of stress to membership at their individual churches. The …
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I’m not a novice, Folks. I’ve sold stuff before. Ask anyone and they will tell you that I am “The Queen” of yard sales and thrift stores. However, I will tell you that selling a house without benefit of a Realtor is a…
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This past week has been absolutely brutal for families in Roseburg, Oregon. Far removed from a big city’s population with inherent violence and crime, the safety and security of an entire community was shattered on Thursday, the first day of…
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We get up out of our comfy beds each morning, generally apathetic to the world around us. We eat breakfast not really thinking about or caring that others will go hungry this day. Perhaps we read or watch the news…
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“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society.” – John F. Kennedy What’s wrong with a little harmless secret? Why is it so important that we know everything about everything? Does it really make a difference…
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My niece had a baby several months ago, her first. A close friend just celebrated the birth of her first grandchild. Three former clients wrote this week to tell me that new babies were born into their families. Babies! Babies!…
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Imagine if you were sitting at a stop light, on your way to work, idling behind a car with a bumper sticker that read: “Having an abortion doesn’t make you less or un-pregnant. It makes you the mother or father…
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