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[I’d just begun reworking this older piece prior to my recent dog walking disaster. There truly are no coincidences. My enthusiastic...

It’s so easy to be positive when the metaphorical sun is shining. Or at least peeking out on the horizon. Or even when the brutal storm...

My little buddy and I were both in high spirits as we set out for a walk Sunday morning. His walks are the highlight of his days, and I...

In a typical mid-century Italian American family, introspection was not a thing. Why would you think, let alone talk, about feelings?...

This week I was remembering the short-lived experiment in which the CWP  attended a private Episcopal school for third and part of fourth grade. Her spirited nature and inability to conform led to the odd phone call from the teacher and her perspicacious interpretation of the whole experience provided no shortage of dinner table hilarity. We’d be left especially helpless by her spot-on imitations of her music teacher, a tiny, eccentric martinet whose longing for retirement wa

[Things have been a bit on the grim side here lately, so I’m sharing a lighter piece that I wrote a while back. I was initially hesitant...

My lists have proven to be the hands-down crowd pleaser to date, so this week I'm indulging my obsession. Five Things I Did for The First...

[Instead of divulging all the gory details, I’ll just say that the last ten days or so have been one of those periodic mid-terms that the...

An examination of my journals over the last decade (something I’m not brave, or masochistic, enough to do) would reveal that easily one...

It’s that time again. Discussing anything related to clinical narcissism and narcissistic abuse can make me feel dangerously exposed (not...

No doubt I still have a way to go, but I’m taking a minute to marvel at the distance I’ve traveled emotionally over the past several...

If you've been reading, you know that gratitude has become a cornerstone of my days and my unceasing paean to the Universe. Ironically,...

I just got in last night (not in the morning—it seems I need to pay a bit more attention to detail) from my long-awaited, outstanding...

[Please note: There will be no post next week (April 25th) as I’ll be on a long anticipated trip. It’s my intention to resume posting May...

[This week is National Library Week. What better time to share one of the first pieces I wrote while working on my book? Or to remind you...

This week my garage floor is being repaired and repainted, which required removal of every single item therein. I am nerding out with...

[I’m stunned, and a little proud of myself, to realize that, for once in my life, I was slightly ahead of the zeitgeist. Suddenly,...

I’ve always loved making lists. In my overachieving days, they were a key to my productivity. In times of overwhelm, they soothed...

Growing up in my sixties was a full-time job. There was an intense early period in which the insights came so fast and furiously that I...

Somewhere in my sixties, I started experiencing occasional surprise and befuddlement in conversation with some of my women friends....