Brave

If you are trying to print something and the paper comes out blank, you have a few choices: Assume you “never” get technical things! Assume the printer is broken. Assume there is no paper. Assume there is no ink. It’s good to have a few assumptions against which you can check your reality. When you…

“On knowing what you’re doing. It’s pretty easy to know what you’re doing when you’re doing something that you’ve done before. Follow the path. It’s a lot more difficult when the task ahead is not quite the same as what you’ve done before. When wayfinding is required. That’s a different skill. That’s the skill of…

My dear sister, The end of October is here and that means Domestic Violence awareness month is over…AND I will still have you on my mind for the other 11 months of every year. If you ever think you MIGHT be abused, it’s your intuition whispering in your ear. Listen. Here are some questions to…

“There are two ways forward, and both are up to us: First, we can start paying more attention (rewarding) good behavior. And second, we can start modeling precisely the sort of discourse and contributions we hope to see from others. The best antidote to a culture shifting to bad behavior is to re-normalize good behavior.”…

On September 25, 2019, I welcomed my 66th birthday at Laconda del Capitan in Umbria. Chef Giancarlo was the owner. He invited us to have a 2009 Brunello and I was thrilled. I was transported ten years back to 2009 and here is a list of what stood out: I had not yet started my…

The short answer is, “only if we want to.” The shorter answer is, “WE MUST.” If even just one of us has figured out and learned how to stop violence at home, within our own walls and under our own roof, the rest of us have no excuse to not follow suit. Harmful behaviors are…