Good Evening, God I’m back on the topic of how to treat Post Traumatic Stress. Once again, I am listening to Bessel van der Kolk. Let me just lay out what I have learned. First, traumatic stress an affront or…
Blog Archives
TIME: Looking Back, Looking Forward?
Sigh. Mostly — I enjoy Science News. But sometime I realize that TIME is Too Big for me. I’m a human and so my lifespan is my yardstick.
Tagged with: Global Warming, ice ages, Interglacial periods, positive feedback loops, rising seas, time
Posted in connecting, Perspective, reframing, so much to learn, time
Posted in connecting, Perspective, reframing, so much to learn, time
A HUGE LOVE GIFT from my wonderful husband
My wonderful husband Kit gave me a HUGE Love Gift this morning when he agreed not to finish the Honolulu Marathon. I met him at mile 16 — right by our home
Tagged with: Learning, love gifts, marathons, overload, Slow, stopping
Posted in living within limits, LOVE, Marathons, relationships, so much to learn, Stress, tenacity, The difficulty of changing
Posted in living within limits, LOVE, Marathons, relationships, so much to learn, Stress, tenacity, The difficulty of changing
Making the Most of Home and Failures
True, God, she has heard me say that before . . . but I think it was Winston Churchill who defined Success as “Going from one failure to the next with undiminished enthusiasm.”
Tagged with: Exercises, Failure, Growing Up, home, Learning
Posted in growing toward up, Praise, Sacrifice, so much to learn
Posted in growing toward up, Praise, Sacrifice, so much to learn
Surviving — Even Delighting — in Change
So, I wrote my mom a story about it called Here Be Dragons, which started by noting that we all have mental maps. I ended by offering assurances that we can continue to build mental maps as we age — it just takes longer
Tagged with: Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales, mental maps, rebuilding mental maps, survival
Posted in Changing, Choosing to respond, learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing
Posted in Changing, Choosing to respond, learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing
A Full Day, and a Monk Seal, too!
I just read yesterday that people with good social support networks have a longevity edge. I would think being gregarious would give a species a survival edge as well.
Tagged with: a survival edge, knowing and doing gaps, monk seal
Posted in learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing, Uncategorized
Posted in learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing, Uncategorized
Drifting through a Holiday
Good Night, God! The end of a relaxing slow day — a real holiday. And I am pondering the fact that this can be my norm. Hmm. It feels like bad luck to even think that, God. Things can happen.…
Understanding Mom’s Cat — Hearing What Is Not Said
Good Morning, God! I have finally discovered that Queen Katrina, Mom’s Cat, loves to be scratched sort of roughly. I grew up with cats that loved to be petted gently — not handled “roughly,” so it took me a while…
Tagged with: cats, communication, hearing, Hearing what is not said, understanding
Posted in Communication, Hearing, interspecies contact, small mysteries, so much to learn
Posted in Communication, Hearing, interspecies contact, small mysteries, so much to learn
A Love Gift to Kit — and Me Too!
Good Morning, God! Here we are, God, after running 3.1 miles. Kit, of course is fresh. I could hardly speak after a fast finish. Connie Comiso, the race organizer was standing 20 yards from the finish yelling at me, ‘You…
Kahuku Farms and our Nature Deficit Disorder
Good Morning, God! Yesterday I went with my Book Group out to Kahuku Farm. Driving around the island brought back memories. It isn’t a trip I make very often and the drop in population density always catches me by surprise.…
A Moment with God 