I overheard several people having conversations about packing up and permanently leaving the USA for foreign shores.

The challenge inherent in the idea of "living authentically" is that the world is not structured to support authenticity

Whenever I get overwhelmed by doom and gloomy online, I step away and do something really "analog!"

Product marketing seems to make a LOT of assumptions about me that just aren't true!

Somebody recently asserted that my having empathy meant I was a hairy liberal!

Offers for free products sound great... but are they REALLY?

In which I explore and think out loud about the REALITY of a $5,000 "stimulus check" in the USA.

Much of the time, novelty and innovation is NOT the best road to success!

It's weird how other people claim to be more expert about your illness than YOU are!

What if the reason so many people feel short-changed by life is actually due to unrealistic expectations?

On choosing to be grateful for what already IS, rather than complaining about what ISN'T.

One of the things I learned as a child — out of necessity — was to be very VERY quiet!

Lately, I have been using Facebook more and it's a complete and total clown show!

When life seems chaotic and unsettled it becomes more important to have anchor points!

Some of us had early lives shaped by being "that weird kid in the corner."

So-called "tiny houses" are actually not a great solution to the affordable housing issue.

Sometimes it truly seems like everyone is "suffering" from one thing or another!

Some random reflections on life and contentment, on the morning of my 66th birthday...

With all the carefully curated images presented on social media, are yhere any real people left?

Funny how "talking about the weather" becomes les and weird as we grow older...