How many people remember the words of Hermione Granger who, after finally saying the name “Voldemort” for the first time, made the observation that, “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.” Despite the fact that she’s right, our over-corrected current culture has cancelled almost as many…

Today when I was meditating the neighborhood was quiet. A bee buzzed softly like he’d just been smoked out with the finest pine needles. With this soft buzzing in the background, I let my mind wander, and wander it did. My mind wandered to the day my daughter had tested…

“This is no way to live your life,” she says righteously, as though I actively chose this, as though I wanted it. She acts like I’m living the way I do just to be stubborn, to spite her, I’m just the black sheep, the stubborn kid sister. — Well, she’s off, and why would she suddenly start treating me like a sister after all these years in the first place? Totally sus, not sis, she’s old enough to be my teen mom. Yes, my life right now is more like waiting for the sweet call of death than…

It was a sunny day, there were flowers on a hill. A frog was playing in a pond. This is what I have to write so Medium doesn’t censor me again. Every day is sunny and every person is special and can do what ever they want, no matter what…

I am not a person who gives in easily to depression, not as an outward manifestation at any rate. I think almost everyone can relate to the ease with which one can take that downward spiral though, the one where the negative thoughts seem to come so easily. Where it’s…

Writer’s Block? If You’re Blocked Right Now, Try This *HEY THERE* This method sometimes only works once, if you aren’t blocked, keep this link and use it when you are. Follow these steps to cure your writer’s block. First of all, unclench. Now, lean back in your chair or…

When my daughter was little she wanted to join the girl scouts so I did some looking around in our area. There was a local group of scouts and they met at the local Library which was a convenient walk from our house. She was really excited for her first…

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I saw a movie a long time ago, I can’t remember the name of it, but I do remember it was very “Hallmark Special” in theme and presentation. It wasn’t the plot of the movie that captivated my attention however, so much as one of the characters. She was an…