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Often I get caught in my thoughts, in daydreaming and talking to myself, even gesturing and make facial expressions to match my train of thought. Keeps me from being in the present and drives my son nuts, especially when I…
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Liking Photos
Am I wasting my time liking photos on Instagram and Google+? Should I be posting duplicates to both sites? Which is a better use of my time? Should I create a mirror blog on Google’s blogger to reach Google+ users? So…
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Terse, Too Terse, Way Too Terse
Woke up to a dream. In my dream, author Richard Milner, the leader of the writing group Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write and author of the novel The Vessel of Kali, handed me a sticky note with feedback on my writing.…
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LMFT
Back in 1990 I got an MA in psychology from New College of California. I worked hard over the next two years to rack up the then required 3,000 internship hours, and study for and pass both the written and…
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To Work or Not to Work
My past experience has been that in the workplace I become overstimulated, that I take on too many responsibilities, overwork, and burn out. Taking care of my husband and son, as well as myself, taxes me as it is. I…
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Not Just Dysthymia
Not until I was 39, was I diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. I am now 50. At 39, I recognized the symptoms of mania in myself, euphoria, the feeling of being called by God to a particular church, to a particular…
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Photography
in PhotosI started taking photos to use as illustrations for my blog posts, but the images seem unrelated to my writing. The photos are simply what I find beautiful. Here I post a collage of photos for your enjoyment.