SINGLE AGAIN

I’m single again after two long-term marriages. I was 22 when I first got married, and it was before the birth control pill, legalized abortion and the sexual freedom born in the hippie era. The word relationship wasn’t in my universe and the idea of “hooking up” with a woman without getting married meant in

8 Aug, 2013
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Why I Love Painting

I never thought of myself as a writer or an artist until I was in my 40s. It never occurred to me I had a talent for either. But I did know that I felt like there was a void in my life – a vacuum, an internal pain. By my mid-40s I knew that

18 Jul, 2013
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WHY I LOVE MY DOGS

I’ve always loved dogs. I had a couple of puppies when I was a kid, but they didn’t last long around the house, and it always ended in mystery because my parents never explained what happened to them. At 24, I got my first dog as a grown-up to complete the “wife, house and dog”

11 Jul, 2013
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POSSIBILITY

Lately I’ve been thinking about possibility. We’re so used to the word that we take it for granted, but for me, possibility isn’t just a word; it’s a concept, a philosophy, a way of life—and it’s something I had to learn and that I still have to be mindful of in order to make sure

9 Jul, 2013
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Thoughts About The Statue Of Buddha

I have a huge statue of Buddha (about five-feet tall and 800 pounds) in my front garden. It’s unique, inspiring, and pleasing, and even a glance reassures me that everything’s going to be okay in a larger sense. The feeling reminds me of when my son Blake was a little boy sharing his fears.

4 Jul, 2013
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