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Every so often, someone takes you seriously! You write and publish a book, and the Tattered Cover Bookstore includes you in their local authors! How exciting is that? As part of their Holiday Programs, TC has given me a table and chair from which to sign copies of … Life With An Impossible Person: A…

“… let the soft animal of your body love what it loves …” (Mary Oliver) Hearing these words recited this morning brought tears for how unkind I’ve been to myself. Judging. Dissatisfied. Rarely grateful, welcoming, or loving. Sixty-nine years of life with this harsh and critical voice in my head. Why?             Not Good Enough.…

Christmas 2016 Dear Joan,   Only today looking for your email address to send my usual Christmas greetings, I found that I missed reading your reply last year. So, only now I learn that Philip has passed away. I’m very, very sorry for your loss. You were a special couple, different from most of my clients,…

9/8/21 A conversation with a dear friend brought old wisdom into new light. The conversation was about waiting for a partner to come to a deeper, kinder, more embracing position on a challenging issue. When my lovely, loving friend expressed her belief that her favorite person would get there in their own time, I was…

March 15, 2021 “Envoi“ Sometimes A voice is sent To calm our deepest fears Sometimes A hearty laugh Will banish our tears Sometimes Words will wing Our dreaming ever higher And sometimes A mind will set Our imagining afire.  Reading this poem, I immediately found myself saying, “This is what Philip was for me.” The…