Happy Friday. It's a glorious sunny June day outside as I type this, around 5:00 PM. I have a beautiful view of the San Francisco and Oakland skylines from the fourth floor suite that houses our offices now, but today I am working from home, which also comes with a nice view out of the patio door. The sun is blazing, but it is not particularly hot ( Read more... )

"It takes a lot of work to grow enough to tolerate intense intimacy and eroticism, and accept that life is both hard and sweet."
- David M. Schnarch, Ph.D Constructing the Sexual Crucible p. 173

I was watching this stand-up comic on YouTube. She was finding humor in the struggle to confront her parents or at least have uncomfortable conversations with them. I read some interesting comments on the page, from others who were relating. One person wrote: "When your parents are so old they don't remember the damage they did." I replied with: " ( Read more... )

Ack! I'm kind of wrung-out. It is hard to compose my thoughts. I feel tired. I kind of feel like writing but I'm not overflowing with inspiration. I keep wanting to get up from the keyboard and go do something else. I feel pensive and introspective.

I spoke to Lauralee today. She got to drive today. I didn't come with a pile of stuff to just dump ( Read more... )

I went to one of the Mankind Project's "the Men's Work" things. It's at noon, my time for ninety minutes, three consecutive Sundays in a row. One of the practices we participants were encouraged to try is keeping a journal for five minutes every day. Sheesh. Five minutes? I can't even... In my own experience that's like asking me to take a piss for ( Read more... )