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Given life’s pitfalls, there aren’t enough hours in a day for meditative skills that will transform me into the Dalai Mama. The Tibetan head of holiness says that love, compassion, and forgiveness should be a part of our daily lives. Since this mantra is sometimes hard to follow, … [Read more...]
There are certainly challenges as a single homeowner. Throw “female” into and you’ve got the makings of a “Lucy Episode.” (I can say that being female; you can‘t.) At times during one's homeownership, you have to call in “contractors” to do work you have no idea how to do or … [Read more...]
Recently a storm blew through Darke County that the local weather affiliates categorized as a land hurricane. Most would have called this storm a straight-line wind, possibly a tornado, or severe thunderstorm, but in rural Ohio we make up names for just about everything. Some … [Read more...]
There’s a tragic cycle of parenting that carries from generation to generation that must be broken. It must stop with ours. It must stop now. I’m not talking about spanking, or free-will parenting, or planting your child in front of the tube to watch Sponge Bob while you sneak … [Read more...]
The paycheck I earned during my first few weeks in Hollywood wasn’t much — a small weekly stipend from Dick Clark Productions that barely covered my meager hot dog lunches. But I was proud nonetheless to be working “in the industry,” proud enough to skip the ATM and present it … [Read more...]