Posted April 1, 2021 in Monthly News

Sticks and Stones

The old saying is, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me.” It isn’t true, however. Sometimes names are the most hurtful of injuries, leading to shame and embarrassment that last much longer than any associated physical injury. Another very old saying is, “Actions speak louder than words.” While generally […]

Posted March 1, 2021 in Monthly News

The Warrior's Way

Debra and I are very different in some ways. While we have sufficient traits in common to allow for working together, the way we process information and relate not only to the past but also to our sense of the future differs significantly. Some of those differences are gender based: men learn to process information […]

Posted February 1, 2021 in Monthly News

Fly Like an Eagle

The title of my post is based on a song written and performed in the 1970s by the Steve Miller band. It was one of those songs that made an immediate impression on me. Based on record sales and “air time,” it evidently made a similar impression on many others (see “Fly Like An Eagle […]

Posted September 30, 2020 in Monthly News

Extraordinary Ways

I may be the only regular reader of this newsletter who has actually been to war. My guess is that most of our readers are following Debra, and, like her, are women. In general, especially these days in the States, men have more experience with war than women do. “My” war was Vietnam. All my […]