We all hear about the high cost of education these days and this month I saw it first hand. I helped my husband at the community college off-campus bookstore that we own on the first few days of the semester. I don’t get too involved, but those early days we need all hands on deck.…
Pink Slime Filter
This morning’s paper had an article about the uprising over ammonia-treated pink slime and the fact that it’s on the menu in many of our nation’s schools. The pile of tiny pink sticks of pseudo-beef filler in the accompanying photo did nothing to quell the uneasy feeling in my gut as I read the article.…
Let’s Talk
Sex and Money, the last two topics we don’t talk openly about in America. I first wrote this in my 2nd blog post almost three years ago. You know what? Things haven’t gotten much better. Sure, we have the surface conversations about what we or the government should do with our money—but do we ever really talk about how our beliefs and values show up?…
Show Me the Vision!
I was in Cape Cod this weekend at the Gestalt International Study Center. Although the weekend had been planned as a gathering for those of us who have studied there, life shifted and Friday morning began with a memorial service for one of the founders, Edwin C.…
Debtor or Sinner?
I don’t want to get religious on you, but I attended my childhood church this weekend in Wisconsin while visiting my failing mother. While saying the Lord’s Prayer by rote, I was caught off-guard hearing the usual word debt (trespass to some) replaced by sin. …
I’m Thankful for Money
I don’t need to tell you that this upcoming holiday is all about being thankful. We’re gearing up to answer that age old Thanksgiving question: what are you thankful for? And, because It’s Not About The Money! you’re probably thinking the last thing I’d be writing about is being thankful for money.…
If You’re Happy and You Know it
Listening to NPR during my morning drive, I heard about Great Britain’s plan to measure national success in a new way. In a questionnaire that is sent to all households in early 2011, the UK will add new questions about environmental and psychological well-being. …
Today’s Vote: Values not Money
It’s the eve of a big election—or at least that’s what we’re told. Is it only me, or is it more and more difficult to know if the information we’re being fed is true or not? I find it so hard to know what to believe these days, that sometimes I wish it were the days of yore when the only information we had was what we saw with our own eyes or heard with our own ears.…
Awareness is the Key
Since last Thursday, I have been at the 2nd half of a Gestalt workshop in Cape Cod. During the first week last May, we worked with couples, this week we are focusing on families and groups. We are being taught in an intriguing methodology for facilitating change in stuck relationships.…