A few days after my official retirement, I “caught” my first cold since the start of COVID-19. Since pretty much…
Research has shown that the brain reacts in similar ways when imagining something as it does when actually experiencing it.…
“Many of us are homeless in the West today.” – Johann Hari, Author (Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of…
I am reading two books now, SHARP: THE WOMEN WHO MADE AN ART OF HAVING AN OPINION by Michelle Dean…
I came away from listening to Roxane Gay’s BAD FEMINIST ESSAYS with a bunch of questions based on the issues…
I have never liked cleaning, though I love organizing. My many visits to gardens in May and June have me…
I grew up with alcoholic grandparents. My parents drank regularly. My sister swore off alcohol altogether. I drank in an…
Madeleine Albright has a new book out, Fascism: A Warning I learned of it when she made an appearance on…
HOW EVERYTHING BECAME WAR AND THE MILITARY BECAME EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE PENTAGON by Rosa Brooks When the military is…
Can one of the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) be Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG)? I recently finished OPTION B by…
