On Living and Warring
Years ago one of my sisters got lost for several days while hiking in the mountains. There was a massive search which culminated in her...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Mar 8, 2021
- 7 min
How To Lose 50 lbs Without Even Trying! (Or Not)
My after picture. The before looks like this but slightly bigger. I lost 50 lbs in 6 months and now weigh less than it says on my...
- Mar 21, 2020
- 6 min
Finding Peace In a Time of Dread
I don’t know if you’ve ever had a freight train barrelling down on you and all you can do is wait for it to hit before. You’re waiting...
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
Rules for Discernment – Particular vs Universal
Once upon a time I had the chance to spend time with an unusual man who was a massage/hypnotherapist who believed we’d all be nudists...
- Jan 14, 2017
- 2 min
Several Times a Year, This Comes to Mind
Several years ago I came across a story about an amazing little book called Be Bold With Bananas which is described by a high-end art...
- Jan 13, 2017
- 2 min
Why Discussion and Reasoning Have Failed
Want to know why communicating with people on the other side has become so difficult? Well, everyone focuses on the outrageous...
- Jan 12, 2017
- 6 min
Stop Arguments Online Like a Mom
My husband is completely convinced that there are Jews somewhere in my Polish lineage. Because three of my great joys in life are being...
- Jan 12, 2017
- 8 min
Why Donald Trump Talks the Way He Does – and Why It Works
Back in college, I made some halfway decent money selling high end knives in people’s homes. One of the perks of the job was that the...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 3 min
About Trump and That Disabled Reporter
So, odds are good that you’ve heard about actress Meryl Streep’s speech the other night where she said politically charged things like...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
Snowy Day Play
I love videos of animals playing. This one from the Oregon Zoo showing animals in the snow is particularly cute. Isn’t it weird how we’ve...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 5 min
It’s a Disaster but Everything’s Perfect. I Guess
So, two weeks ago today I fell on an icy driveway and broke my ankle. It was classic; my foot started to slip on the ice, hit dry gravel...
- Dec 24, 2016
- 3 min
Santa and Grief
A mere week after we held a small burial for Susan, it was Christmas. We attended Christmas Eve children’s mass as usual. After service,...
- Dec 23, 2016
- 5 min
Jesus Saved Our Christmas Dinner
We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...
- Dec 22, 2016
- 1 min
The Christmas Bird
Instead of doing my Christmas shopping a couple of years ago, I recorded this. It’s perfect for sharing with the kids, if they are the...
- Dec 20, 2016
- 2 min
Don’t Worry; I Have Found Our Escape Plan
So, all this stuff about Donald Trump and the danger of our situation is scary as hell. But don’t worry – I was reading through...
- Dec 20, 2016
- 3 min
The Electoral College
One of my working assumptions about life is that only that which can be redeemed is allowed. So anything that happens carries...
- Dec 19, 2016
- 1 min
Let’s Get Something Straight
Praying for someone and being critical of them are not mutually exclusive things. Neither are loving someone and calling out their wrong...
- Dec 14, 2016
- 2 min
The Empath and The Narcissist
Empaths are people who tend to feel and absorb other people’s emotions. Narcissists are people whose only concern is for themselves. When...
- Dec 12, 2016
- 2 min
“Trump Says He’s Going To Bring Steel Back . . .”
A couple of weeks ago I ran into an acquaintance who told me that work at his job was so slow that his hours had been cut and he was...
- Dec 11, 2016
- 1 min
Pay Now or Later
Everything has a price. It’s a rule of the universe. The problem we have is that love demands payment, up front and in full at the most...
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