Motivations… Elusive Pleasures: Aging with Erroneous Beliefs 12 Jun 20171 Sep 2018 Last week I wrote about sprinkler heads. Why would anyone stop to read about sprinkler heads? Because it’s really about pleasure, and adapting to changes that block pleasure. Maybe…
Motivations… Elusive Pleasures: Sprinklers in the Garden of Life 4 Jun 20171 Sep 2018 Comfortably settling into my spot on the back porch for Sunday morning coffee, I notice it. It doesn't feel quite right. Something is missing. What is it? The cushions and…
Global Issues… Diversity 7 Feb 201724 Oct 2020 it burst forth from rock, high in the mountains- its journey before unseen. now resplendent with light, with movement, wind catching droplets, splaying into sky in joyful play. then down.…
Attempts at Humor… Flippin’ Fun Over Fifty! 2 Aug 20164 Aug 2016 We usually visit family for vacation, either at Lake Keowee, South Carolina or to the Blue Ridge mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. This year, though, procrastination combined forces with many…
Reflections Faulty Fault Lines–When Bad Things Happen to Little People 23 Apr 2016 RE-Posting an oldie but goodie, from 2013: Janie smiled through her tears and put her arms around Stella. “How do you do it, Stella? You always seem to find a…
Reflections stick around 7 Apr 20167 Apr 2016 Reblogging an anti-suicide poem I wrote a while back. It used to be laid out better on the screen. Formatting, where did you go? Click through to the original for the…
Attempts at Humor… How About Another? 25 Jan 2016 It's not like I don't have plenty to do. Actually, I live in Plenty to Do. I know everyone there. In the center of Plenty to Do lives a tiny…
DP challenge… In the Now on New Year’s Eve 1 Jan 201620 Mar 2016 Now Time rolls by, steadily, reliably, hopefully not regrettably. Continue reading "In the Now on New Year’s Eve"
Attempts at Humor… How to Write With a Whip 27 Oct 201520 Mar 2016 Ever get caught up in frustration that there's just not enough time to write? Between working full time, homemaking, investigating information we need to write, and a few other significant…
Global Issues… Child Mental Health Day 7 May 201520 Mar 2016 Remember twirling around on the swing set out back? Tummy on the swing, arms and legs hanging down, you'd walk in circles to wind the suspended chains around one another, like a rubber…
Blog Events… April is National OT Month and Poetry Month 15 Apr 201522 Mar 2016 Note: some posts deserve a second life. Here's a repost from last April; what do you think, worthy? April: Not a month for fools! Pull a prank on the first,…
Reflections Take Care of Your Heart 25 Feb 2015 All this talk about compassion and heart! Now it's time for a quick word about your physical heart. February is American Heart Month! How can we reach out…
Global Issues… Doctor’s Recommendation 24 Feb 2015 Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss (The Lorax)
Freedom vs Fear… Compassion: Left and Right 20 Feb 201522 Mar 2016 Marge lay exhausted at the end of a long day, her eyes puffy from too many tears. It has been an emotional day for her. As she lay on the…
Attempts at Humor… Weird Things We Hear Ourselves Say When Living With Little Ones 27 Jan 201527 Jan 2015 A little collection from the past year or so: "Don't eat your tiara, honey." "It's probably not a good idea to put a straw in the cup with the lizard."…
Blog Events… Compassion and Collective Consciousness 22 Jan 201523 Jan 2015 Hi friends--so many wonderful friends I've met here on Wordpress, blogging. I ran across a sweet opportunity to join a group of 1,000 (+) bloggers who are writing about compassion.…
DP challenge… Serenity 21 Jan 2015 This week's photo challenge: Serenity I've heard it said that serenity is most noticed in the midst of turmoil and chaos. Yes, there is a certain tried and true…
Not the Sort of Things People Talk About for fellow survivors 19 Jan 201519 Jan 2015 Wow. An amazing manifesto for survivors of abuse found tonight on Wordpress. I am reblogging for her to save it, and to pass it on! Please feel free to do…
Freedom vs Fear… No Need for Eyes to See This 17 Jan 201520 Mar 2016 This morning my granddaughter put on How to Train Your Dragon. Again. I sat nearby, reading and thinking, writing a bit, occasionally paying slight attention to the movie. "In centuries of…
Reflections Hang on. Or, Let go. 14 Jan 2015 Walking out from yoga class tonight, I stopped. A beautiful clutch of autumn leaves held on, unashamed to be the last among all that was gray and dismal. It…
Joan T. Warren 