Law of Attraction booster shot

Michael Losier, author of “Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don’t” was in Portland yesterday for a three-hour seminar. He is a dynamic speaker, full of enthusiasm and eager to share specific steps which we can all...

Cortisone is my new best friend

Bless the man who “discovered” the effectiveness of cortisone in the treatment of osteoarthritis. I shudder to think what my life would be like without the benefits I receive from my twice-yearly knee injections of this steroid. I am deeply grateful for the almost...

The Mysterious Lilac Lady

I love the smell of lilacs. When I was a kid, we had a whole row of the light lavender-colored bushes growing in the backyard. I used to burrow in underneath the heart-shaped leaves and sit with my back against the wooden fence, reading a mystery novel and immersing...

Duct tape and baling wire

If you’ve ever watched “MacGyver,” you probably think most everything can be fixed with whatever materials you happen to have on hand. And perhaps there’s a kernel of truth to that. Yet so many of our “broken” things reside in the feeling domain, where no band-aid or...

A clean slate

At my age (rapidly approaching the legal highway speed limit), I have quite a bit of potential baggage that I could potentially carry into any potential new relationships. And I imagine I’m not the only one on the planet who is in this position. In order to start...