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This weekend, Woody and I will be heading south for my 50th high school reunion. I am a proud graduate of East Orange High School (New Jersey), which also claims Bette Davis, Dionne Warwick, and (I just … Read More
Have you ever asked a stranger to tea? Ever spent the night with someone you’d only just met? (Wait, that came out wrong.) How about deciding to gather together folks you’d (mostly) never met for a week. Six … Read More
In recognition of the new attack, this time in Brussels, I’m posting this week’s blog a day early. May we all remember that in the world, many will usher in their new year today in peace. … Nowruz is a happy … Read More
How the year has flown. The following story is one I’ve shared before, first in 2013 and again in 2014. It is a story that teaches us that peace can be found if individual men and women want it badly enough … Read More
As we enter our own gift giving season, I’m posting this “Bonus Scene” because the experience helped me look more closely at the gift-giving parts of my own culture that I’d never thought about before. … Read More
SUBSCRIBERS: Please be sure to see my notice at the end of this post. Thanks. Here in the U.S., Thanksgiving is upon us. Thanksgiving has long been one of my favorite holidays, though as my sons and their families … Read More
Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that. – Ally Condie A friendship that can end never really began – Publius Syrus … Read More
The Gestalt Prayer, penned in 1969 by the granddaddy of Gestalt Therapy, Fritz Perls, floated in psychotherapy circles for many years. Some embraced it as a necessary reality; others shunned it as harsh. I won’t give you the details … Read More
Friendship is one of the themes in my memoir, At Home on the Kazakh Steppe. And one I wanted to investigate a bit further. Hence, a blog post on it. In preparing for this series on friendship, I read … Read More