Nothing encapsulates the meaning of Thanksgiving more than this Buddhist proverb. When we realize gratitude isn’t turkey or a holiday but a way of being, we are already blessed. Not every Thanksgiving finds us spilling over with gratitude. Times of loss, of grief, of illness all color our gratitude scale…

We nailed a vaccination for a deadly pandemic but, another epidemic still rages on, killing nearly 20,000 Americans in 2020 alone — and still we do nothing. WTF? Another day; another mass shooting. This week, San Jose was the site where a resentful, ex-employee opened fire on his coworkers, something…

Some anniversaries aren’t meant to celebrate but to remember and learn from — while you make plans to move on. This is one of them. Two months ago we marked one entire year since our world stood still. Unfortunately, a global pandemic doesn’t call for anniversary champagne toasts. One year…

2020 was one hell of a year. But, if you’re waiting for a sparkly new one to start, well, you might have to wait awhile. An unrelenting pandemic. Shocking violence in the US Capitol. Devastating forest fires. Desert locusts. Murder hornets and the craziest, scariest year of politics anyone has…

As years go, you know you sucked, right? Unfortunately, 2020, you also left a lot of leftover road, so I suspect you won’t be in the rear view mirror any time soon. I doubt that there’s anyone who isn’t damn happy to wave the past year goodbye. We don’t need…

It’s okay if your tree is a little off kilter this year. We are, too. “I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all really. Maybe it just needs a little love.” Charlie Brown Christmas I’ve had some badass Christmas trees. In fact, one…

. . and every day. When you have a seriously elfed-up year, that’s pretty much how you roll. There’s no way to candy cane sugarcoat this. If you were hoping for a ‘ho ho ho’ holiday, you’ll have to wait a year. Though hopefully, we each found our share of…

Newsflash. Our American face-palm ain’t just because of our terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. “This is not who we are.” Barack Obama’s wistful refrain to a country, who once believed it was the ‘shining city on the hill’, seems today more fairy tale trope, than truth. If these…

What if left-handers are the normal ones — and righties look awkward? I mean, did you ever hear southpaws say with surprise “Wow, I didn’t know you were right-handed”? Southpaws. Lefties. Scrammies. History wasn’t always kind to us left-handers. Seen as evil, sinister, we were even accused in the Middle…