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Nov.10.2011 ANGER ANGER Listening to Audio book The Cow In The Parking Lot: A Zen Approach To Overcoming Anger. Filled with good reminders about how easy it is to stray from realizing we are alive right NOW in this moment. So a few thoughts so far: Good Dog, Silly Monkey. Next time you get angry with someone, say...	Nov.09.2011 How to Dupe a Grandmother: Dimples Help... She is two-and-a-half years old and very, very pretty with huge, blue eyes, fabulous dimples and very blonde hair. Her name is Emily, and her mommy asked me and Chris, a dear friend of mine, to take care of her for the day. Chris arrived at 6:30 a.m. as Emily's mommy was taking Emily's daddy to...
May.19.2011 When did the cat expert lose her mind? Ah, yes, it was the day she decided to become a mother. I am a cat expert and have spent the last 25 years helping clients understand their cats’ behaviors. Cats don’t confuse me. Cats make sense to me. Then, at the ripe old age of 47 I did something … I adopted a child. I suppose, in looking back, I can blame my menopausal hormones for my decision but...	Sep.27.2010 The New Baby Isn't The Only Miracle.... Well, it's been just a bit more than a month since I last posted anything here. That speaks of one very busy month. I am a high energy woman, rarely bored, who has created a large extended family of my own, five children, and in October of this year I'll have four grandchildren, as my second...
Mar.04.2010 Sexual Abuse in U.S. Prisons Just when I'm coming to grips with the amount of child sexual abuse that occurs I begin to think about women's prisons. I start hearing statistics like one in four women in prison are sexually assaulted, 20% of inmates in men's prisons are sexually assaulted and 50% of women in prison were...	Oct.29.2008 Swearing V. Telling: Scenes from Writing and Life Remember when I posted about Charlie’s first swear word? And remember how he was holding the dust pan while saying, “Shit, shit”? Well, it turns out that what he means to be saying was, “Swish, swish,” which–according to Grandma–is the sound a broom makes. (I knew it was Grandma’s fault!) Meanwhile...