Take Your Medicine
On Wednesday, I enjoyed a visit from a thirty-two-year-old friend and her two-year-old daughter. We wandered into the…
Antidote to Loneliness Epidemic
The Des Moines Register and selected social media sites I peruse on a daily basis have all reported…
Exploring the Number Three
A dozen years ago, I chose Exploring the Mystery as the name for my blog. I remember feeling…
Asking for & Receiving Help
I used to act as if there was a black or white answer that would tell me when…
Will She or Won’t She?
And suddenly it is January! An important part of moving into this year, the year I turn seventy-nine…
Thinking about being a writer
It’s Thanksgiving week, and Friday will mark a year since the release of my second book, Leaving Analysis.…
Flexing Muscles & Emotions
The gloom surrounding my injured body overshadowed the preparations for my birthday – my 78th. The self-inflicted injuries…
Feet
My assignment for The Body Remembers class this week: write five hundred words about an experience of bodily…
Two Things That Erode
Last week you read what happened when I didn’t “give” proper attention to registration for a workshop I…
Let Me Reintroduce Myself
Welcome back to Exploring the Mystery. I’m grateful you are here and thankful for those of you who…