Christmas Gifts for the Cheap but Thoughtful Giver

Christmas Gifts for the Cheap but Thoughtful Giver

In a few days it will be December, and Christmas stuff will be fully upon us, coming in hot from all directions! For many years I managed a huge movie theater. It was very popular on holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, days that studios put out their biggest...
Practicing Self Care

Practicing Self Care

Over the years, I’ve settled on a personal mantra that helps me to make sense of the world, to make sense of how I feel about and interact with it. That mantra is this: “Everything good in life begins with self care and service to others.” It’s a deceptively simple...
The Gift of Anger

The Gift of Anger

Last Monday, I spent the morning at my desk, openly weeping for my fellow humans. I read through the updating news reports on the Las Vegas mass murders, my sorrow and anger compounding as the the political and racial implications of major media coverage and our...