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One of my favorite blog posts was the one last February on the breastfeeding moms and their school aged breastfeeding kids. Yup, you can read it again by clicking here. One reason I enjoyed writing that so much was that it brought me one of … Read More
December 2, 2015 Last spring on a visit to my grandchildren in Ohio, I had occasion to talk to my eight-year-old granddaughter Kendall about “First World Problems.” Have you heard the term? I had thought it was an idea originating … 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
This was to be a blog with no words. Merril D Smith’s blog on Monday, Still Life, got me started. She opened with this quote: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more … Read More
Hello, Alpha Mother has been telling me for months that I could have a go at her blog. “The time will come. Just be patient,” she’d say each time I gave her that “look.” So imagine my surprise when she called … Read More
Our Bonus Scene this week takes us back in time to Kazakhstan’s earliest years, featuring Genghis Khan and his descendents. And, oh yes, there is a beautiful white steppe goose too. As happens whenever Kazakhs gathered, the animated conversation … 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
How do you teach an ESL class when you have no voice? It’s easy. Sort of [The “bonus” scenes from At Home on the Kazakh Steppe continue with this one from my first semester.] They put … 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
