So much happens so fast, there's not enough time to write about it all.

old_cutter_john and I are back from vacation. As usual, we thoroughly enjoyed adventuring together.

It was so wonderful being with nickykaa for his thirty-eigth birthday. About twenty-five people showed up for his birthday dinner, despite the fact that it was a holiday weekend. It's because he's ( Read more... )

Last night old_cutter_john and I went to see Love, a Cirque du Soleil Beatles tribute. It was awesome! All the music was Beatles and there were clips with small conversations among John, Paul, George and Ringo on large screens around the theater. The cast did their usual amazing acrobatic feats and story performance. The costumes and special effects were ( Read more... )

The four-day conference I attended on Trauma, Addiction and Adult Children of Alcoholics had top-quality general sessions and workshops. It's unusual, even in a particularly good conference, that every session is excellent, which was the case with this one. I was struck by the fact that each presenter, besides being a well-known therapist, author ( Read more... )

In a few minutes I'll be leaving home to go to the third day of an awesome four-day conference about trauma, addiction and adult children of alcoholics. Yesterday, in an experiential session, a middle-aged male counselor stood behind a paper on the floor and described the role in which he relates to the current moment in his life (the roles were ( Read more... )

It was so wonderful to get out in the wilderness with old_cutter_john yesterday! Even though we go hiking almost every weekend, each time is precious to me. It refreshes my spirit and centers me. I notice that if we don't get out to the wilderness one day of the weekend, I'm much more stressed during the work week. To me, the best part of living in this crazy ( Read more... )

During a discussion in one of my groups, a client said that he didn't feel good about himself because he's never been married, never had children, doesn't have a house with a white picket fence, doesn't have a car, and doesn't have a job from which he'll have a nice retirement. He said that since I had all that, then I was basically an okay person ( Read more... )

I love being a grandmother! Yesterday, after a very pleasant morning with old_cutter_john (as usual), we picked up my mother and went to Lurkuu's eighth birthday party. It was amazing how well twenty chidren got along together for those few hours. The parents enjoyed sitting around chatting and munching. Unfortunately, Sarai was not feeling well and was ( Read more... )

While old_cutter_john and I were hiking in Red Rock Canyon today, I was inspired to begin a journal. I think I started subconsciously ruminating about it during our recent visit with nickykaa and Dragon Lady. old_cutter_john suggested that I use Ma Teresa as my journal ID since he's always called me that in his writings. I told him I didn't want to use that because it was not humble ( Read more... )