When the first sexual encounter is the last thing you expect.
How to Comfort Someone Who Is Stressed
Giving comfort during difficult days.
Disappearing Act
Pulling a temporary vanishing act when the “real world” calls.
All We Don’t Know
A breaking story. Numbing and confusing. Let’s hold off on assumptions.
Boston
A day for counting blessings.
Politics as Usual Presents… “Short Memory, Bad News”
Politics as usual? Mark Sanford’s run for Congress. Forgive and forget?
On Love, On Silence, On Speaking Our Minds
When tragedy strikes, we retreat to silence. When tragedy strikes, we speak more plainly. Tragedy struck our nation in recent days. It isn’t the first time; more tragic still, most of us fear it won’t be the last. So perhaps it is time for us to talk about love, plainly. To talk about loss, plainly. […]
No Easy Answers
If it is a jigsaw puzzle, even a tricky one, eventually I can manage it. If it is a gadget requiring multiple steps to assemble, I may struggle unless I have expert assistance. If I must first dismantle a mechanism and then reconfigure it to make it work, it is even more difficult for me […]
Our Culture of Violence: Do We Give Up?
I’ve been listening to live reports from NBC, feeling sick to my stomach. If you haven’t heard, the story is still breaking news. Somewhere around 9:40 a.m., a lone gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and shot and killed children. Numbers are still being confirmed, and information continues to change, but current […]
Why You Shouldn’t Talk to Strangers. Wait… DO… Maybe.
Online dating. Real life. Who is friend vs. foe?