Sumner, my original regular co-counselor, is coming along. A lot has happened since the days when he so disdainful of being in class five years ago. I mean, he's just as disdainful. But, I take it a lot less personally, now that he and I are friends. The turning point, I think, occured shortly after Larry, the only other male PGM in our entire ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe that until about three weeks ago, I had no idea what a "zoom session" was. Now, they are an almost daily part of my life. They are not unike Sype sessions which I give credit to my co-counselor, Sumner for introducing me to. The lighting seems a little different. Or, maybe it has to do with viewing so many other participants at ( Read more... )

Sumner's health problems are behind him for the moment. He completed his hip operation sometime in the Fall and spent about six weeks recuperating at home during which he and I did weekly phone sessions of about 15 minutes each. He seemed to appreciate the attention. In fact, I think he appreciated it even more than I realized at the time ( Read more... )

Either I am dreaming more or just waking up more often. In any event, I seem to be developing new streams of thought that don't fit into any of my normal dreamscape storylines. For example last night, I had two different dreaming episodes about two or three hours apart that struck me as rather new ( Read more... )

And, all the while Lent and The Passion Play and late Winter were going on, I managed to squeeze in a couple of sessions with Sam. We are totally old-school about it: a regular time, we alternate playing host. We even give up caffeine for the day, in accordance with the prevailing theory that any kind of psycho-tropic substance interferes with the ( Read more... )

As noted in yesterday's liveblog, this year's workshop was held locally and sleeping arrangements were split between at least two different private homes, Daniel Schafer's and Joe and Melanie's. The intention was to replicate the hermetic quality of "normal" workshops held in a nearby country inn or recreational center. To me, it was six of one or ( Read more... )

I'm on the third leg of my area's "stay-at-home" community workshop. Because the travel accomondations that were originally booked for the workshop fell through at the last minute, we are spending it in Brooklyn and using individual RCer's homes for meeting space and even sleeping arrangements. It has some of the best and worst aspects of a "stay- ( Read more... )

When last we left Sumner, he had begun going back to work after an extended leave recovering from hip surgery. Almost all of his session time with me was devoted to relieving the pain he was in. he could barely stand being on his feet for more than ten minutes at a time. His trip to work every morning was a series of carefully timed subway trains ( Read more... )

Sumner came up with some pretty sage advice concerning Tiger. He says, I needn't worry that he is somehow my 'last best chance' at having a boyfriend. He thinks I have lots of time before I have to worry about getting too old and that there are plenty of people out there who are better suited for me. He seems to think I'm doing all right. But, of ( Read more... )

Sumner and I decided to go off script today. To me, that meant covering slightly different material in our respective sessions and widening their scope a bit more. I learned a little bit more of what he does for a living and his financial goals for the near future. I was of almost no help. We each have entirely different tolerances for risk. He ( Read more... )