I love hearing poetry from the voice of the poet. This one, by Stanley Kunitz is both sad and celebratory. Of it, Roger Housden writes, in Ten Poems … [Read more...]
Break-the-Cycle Parenting: In the Trenches
March 5, 2015 · by · 1 Comment
"I trust you to curl my hair," I said to my twelve-year old as she came at my sizable forehead with a hot electrical appliance. "And that's saying … [Read more...]
Weathering Extremes
February 14, 2015 · by · 15 Comments
1. We are deep in one of the worst winters on record. When the winds pummel my house and the ocean flows through my basement what am I … [Read more...]
Small “t” Trauma
January 30, 2015 · by · Leave a Comment
I wrote about flood clean-up after this blizzard. We are all safe and sound. It's just messy and there's clean up and follow up and after storm stuff … [Read more...]
What’s your ACE score?
January 20, 2015 · by · Leave a Comment
The Mind Blowing Test No One Knows About: ACE is an informational workshop of a little known study that correlates the impact of adverse childhood … [Read more...]
Keeping Fear in the Passenger Seat
January 11, 2015 · by · Leave a Comment
Fear I had to name over and over again. Fear I had to guide into the backseat like a new puppy, reaching back my back while she … [Read more...]
The Bread Maker
January 9, 2015 · by · Leave a Comment
Learning Love Later in Life 1. The bread was home made and constant. For months, he brought me loaves to take or tear open. After our first kiss … [Read more...]
How Healthy Love After Childhood Abuse is Tricky but NOT Impossible
January 9, 2015 · by · Leave a Comment
The Bread Makers (for my loaf of T): The bread was home made and constant. For months, he brought me loaves to take or tear open. After our first … [Read more...]
I Resolve to Remember: Part 1
December 31, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
The New Year is coming and I have no grand resolutions. Until I'm actually doing the things that I know bring me health, joy and rest, I'm not adding … [Read more...]
