Mental Health… A Return to Social Anxiety and OCPD 29 Feb 2020 This should not be an easy piece to write, and it's possible that as I get further into composing it I will feel my usual sense of conflict. One of…
Personal How I Became a Writer (Again) 28 Jan 2020 For years I thought of myself as a writer. Nearly two decades now. One could blame the encouragement of my teachers. While I performed well in school overall and prided…
Critical Thought… Questions About Religion 24 Jan 2020 Some close friends and family of mine are people of faith. As an agnostic*, I admire that quality about them. The asterisk on agnostic is because, according to some, I…
Mental Health… Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety 13 Jan 2020 People with anxiety know the pattern well. A thought occurs, then another and another. One's mind unwittingly goes down a rabbit hole of progressively unreasonable thoughts with the same subtlety…
#HeForShe… On Little Women: Jo the Ladybird 13 Jan 2020 This post might have gone any one of several different ways. Originally I felt compelled to write something about "Little Women" in general. After mentioning the story and characters several…
Personal Influencers: Part VI – Literature 19 Dec 2019 The surprise concluding piece in a series about my literary influences. Find the rest of the series at these links: Films (done before conception of the series) Part I: Intro…
Personal Influencers: Part V – Twitter and Social Media 18 Dec 2019 Find the intro to the series here, and please feel free to check out parts two, three, and four! There's also a film list completed before this series. Today's list…
Personal Influencers: Part IV – Characters, Women 18 Dec 2019 Find the introduction to the series here, and please check out the second and third parts! Okay, folks - I am breaking the 30 rule but I have a good…
Personal Influencers: Part III – Characters, Men 18 Dec 2019 Check out the introduction to the series here and Part II - Celebrities. I have chose words carefully here. The characters on this list are influential - that isn't the…
Personal Influencers: Part II – Celebrities 17 Dec 2019 Find the Introduction to this series here. We all have people to whom we look for inspiration, advice, or guidance. Some of those people are known to us personally: family,…
