HAPPINESS: THAT ELUSIVE WILL-O-THE-WISP There are three kinds of happiness: the kind you wish you had, the kind you think you have, and the kind that’s unmistakable. Problem is, those…
In “Through the Looking Glass,” Lewis Carroll’s Alice pondered her reflection in the mirror, and that of the room behind her. Everything was the same, yet reversed. Were there other…
I live in the small country town of Fisk, Missouri, with my husband, two teenage daughters, three rescue dogs, and a horse. Before I had cancer, I was a manager…
These days people talk more and communicate less. Text messages blaze over wireless networks, and somewhere along the way from phone to phone the words make it through without their…
On the edge of an exciting new inner world Missouri is part of what we Americans call the “Midwest.” It used to be the “West” back when pioneers started pushing…
Looking back in history to Sandstone’s sexual revolution in the 60’s and 70’s you will know that we wanted out of bondage and be free to explore and discover our…
This morning when I got up, I stuck a toe in the universe and did not immediately draw it back. I could almost hear John poking his head from behind…
We live in a world obsessed by speed and instant gratification. The online retailer Amazon.com is working to raise the bar from overnight shipping to same-day delivery using small, remotely…
I love sitting at my writing desk, wrapped in the peaceful sanctuary of the Nevada desert. It is a special time for me to reflect on some of my feelings,…
Well over a millennium ago, Indian Hinduism treated sex as an art, a science and a spiritual practice. It was not considered a remnant of some dark and ancient bestial…