Healing Is Not Linear

August 30th, 2017
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One of the most excellent things about reading is when you discover a fictional character in a book who expresses something you have been feeling but haven’t been able to describe.

This happened to me the other night while I was reading the Pulitzer Prize winning book, Olive Kitteridge by the beautiful writer and author Elizabeth Strout.

In the book, I am introduced to Angie O’Meara, a middle-aged woman who plays piano in a cocktail lounge in Maine.  She has had a few drinks while playing Christmas carols during her shift and out of the corner of her eye she … Read More

Picturing The Calm

May 18th, 2013
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I’m picturing myself in a place near the water that is quiet and calm. Shutting out the noise and distractions. Hoping this feeling will carry me through the day! Photo courtesy of Delaware National Estuarine Research A Delaware Bay Haiku (c) KBC Horseshoe crabs spawning Lots of shorebirds arriving The Bay inviting… Read More

Have A Little Happiness

January 3rd, 2013
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At this time of year, it is easy to find self-help advice almost everywhere we look: online, television, magazines, books. It’s the beginning of a new year and it’s traditionally a time to take stock of what we’ve done in the year gone by and think about what we want to improve about ourselves in the new year.   As we put up new calendars and turn a fresh page, we evaluate how we would like to go forward and perhaps we even have a new plan of action. Most people are hopeful that the bad habits that they practiced in… Read More