Stories from my Life
Make others, not yourself responsible for your happiness
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GRACE Grace is the quality of being whole in the midst of noise or chaos Grace sees from on top the amazing productive diversity of this world at large Grace breathes wholeness, knows that nothing is missi...
I was so angry… nurses were fluttering around, my blood pressure; pulse and mental state were being monitored. The doctor’s assistant turned multiple pages for me to sign, 20 plus, 10 requiring my init...
How was it… the party at Hefner’s? I saw him descend the stairs, the throng awaiting, 45-50 girls in all, bodies glistening from ever more elaborate paint-to-body adornment. Totally nude, of...
HEALTH CARE – THE OTHER WAY OR PAYING OURSELVES FOR BEING WELL A new danger. I see that drug companies are promoting products so addictive that they will equal the kind of destruction that the tobacco industry h...
I have not been writing. Changes are afoot. Sometimes I look like the bassoonist in an orchestra but then come across like the little guy with a whistle. But I’m thinking myself away from all depression, depression being a form of self-oppre...
It all started when my father built a playhouse. He put in a series of tiered pools, one flowing into another, below our hillside house. He hardscaped a terrace and built descending steps to the playhouse out of salvaged ...
Dear Kitty: I wanted you to know what a wonderful grandson you have. John Jewl is such a treasure to be with. I’m very proud of him. His personality makes him so easy to be with. It’s always natural ...
There were two eighteen-hole golf courses in the middle of the richest part of L.A. Fine. I loved it. I liked him too, but he wasn’t the answer, my Mr. _______. But I pictured myself conforming for him, my energie...