“My family is Jewish,” he said. “My family is Protestant,” she said. “But we’re pagan,” he continued, “and we want our wedding to have…
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Last night my husband Douglas Smyth, who writes about politics and economics, mentioned Paul Krugman’s op-ed piece in the New York Times “Defining Prosperity…
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On July 22nd, the height of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, fruits and vegetables ripening, sun baking or steaming, cool waters beckoning, warm nights…
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When I became a mother, I’d heard plenty about the terrible twos and the anguish of adolescence. The phrase empty nest syndrome was also…
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It’s Thursday night Chi Kung, and we are cultivating energy between our palms and then our own palms and a partner’s. Our teacher instructs…
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Last week I posted a piece called Three Ring Circus: The Thrill of Couples Counseling. Using the circus as a metaphor, I described my…
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When I work with couples, I feel like I am under the Big Top. There may not be elephants, clowns, or trapeze artists (not…
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If I had known what it would be like to pore over and over historical accounts of military strategy and weaponry and then attempt,…
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I am in the vegetable garden pulling weeds (it is always a good year for weeds.) I am glad to be away from the…
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Roberto died at High Valley, our center, after a long illness. During his last weeks, his friends Karen and David cared for him there,…