Big Little Wolf's Daily Plate of Crazy

It is a holiday weekend in the US. Families are gathering, preparing picnics, watching Wimbledon (as I will be, shortly) or their other favorite sports. They’re preparing for foot races under a sizzling sun, for fireworks in the local park, for unwinding. They are slowing down. Pulling in. Taking a few days off.
I am not. [...]

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Tantalizing touch
Troubles at work, struggles in your personal life, health concerns – all add to a lagging libido, nudging the desire for desire to drop off the edge of our daily diaries. And wouldn’t we be so much better off if we could rally our feral forces, and indulge in some quality coupling?
For women, there’s [...]

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Keeping the Peace?

Sometimes you take exception to a decision, yet you nod in agreement, or you simply let it pass. You justify your acquiescence as keeping the peace, or knowing when to pick your battles. But something else is going on. You worry about saying no. About ruffling feathers. Or worse.
So you keep [...]

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Are love and sex ever out of style?
Hardly.
Nor do they cease to seize our attention. And that was certainly the case for me in two articles I read this week. The first appeared a few days ago, offering tips to combat aging, and the second was on yahoo this morning – an interpretation of recent [...]

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Apathy
Have you ever experienced periods of time when you’re so tired you can’t string together a cohesive thought? When even sleep is elusive?
Have you ever felt so emotionally drained that your goals fade, your efforts feel increasingly irrelevant, and an insidious voice in your head tells you not to care?
I came out to the living [...]

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Keep it Simple

We all know the expression and its acronym: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). Kids use it. We’ve used it when admonishing ourselves (and others). Many of us dream of “a simple life” or at the very least, simpler.
The fundamental principle is valid of course; often the simplest approaches and solutions are the [...]

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It’s 6:00 a.m., and there’s nothing I can do. 
I have coffee brewing. My first cup. Café au lait for my son, if he wants it. But I’m keeping my distance right now. And I can feel the knot in my stomach. The sense of helplessness.
He’s slamming doors and yelling at himself. Then he will [...]

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What if I did nothing I was supposed to, all day? You know. Allowing myself what I want to do – but not worrying about what I ought to do.
What if I set aside my planned tasks, my lists, even my mental agenda – and just let the day unfold?
Isn’t considering my options – [...]

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Miraculous.
May I say that again? Miraculous. My teenager came home from five days away – rested, smiling, and talking.
Okay. So it doesn’t qualify as a miracle, but after several friction-filled weeks and a series of dreadful all-nighters just prior to Spring Break, I’m happy to report that the kid who walked through the door [...]

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Coffee in the quiet
First coffee in the morning, without rushing. Italian Roast, freshly brewed. The aroma, savored before I swallow. I will take my time. With everything. Even writing. Heaven.
It is Saturday. There will be no lunch making at 7:30 a.m., no sluggish adolescent to poke and prod to get him to stir, no jostling [...]

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