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One kid, two kid, red kid, blue kid - choosing the size of your family
In this election cycle, for the first time in my adult life, family planning issues are front and center. I never expected contraception to be part of the political discourse, especially contraception practiced by a married couple. I can't think of a…
Putting Men into Mentoring
A conversation with William Marsiglio about fatherhood and male generativity.
Remembering Grayson
The tragic story of the life-threatening use of cell phones while driving..
Rotten Phish
I'm forever getting heartrending pleas from people in pathetic situations from all over the globe. Our IT manager here at NCFR is expert at screening these out, so it's rare to happen at work. But my after hours accounts? Oh, boy. There's enough…
Roxy and Beau - and Where They Go: Talking to Kids about Pet Loss
How can parents talk to children about pet loss?
Seattle, Synchronicity... and do fathers matter?
Carl Jung had a word for the eeriness when two or more unrelated events occur together in a seemingly meaningful waySynchronicity. This past week, I came to appreciate this concept that heretofore has seemed like magical thinking. I just returned…
Straddling the Stratifications: Confessions of an SES Underdog
Cues and clues as to one's social class are everywhere. In just a few paragraphs, you've learned a lot about me; that I've read Democracy in America. That I've studied Carl Jung. That I'm a fan of the PBS Power of Myth series. What you don't know is…
Strangers on a Train
One of the most fascinating people I ever met was a compulsive liar.Many years ago, for one of our wedding anniversaries, my husband George and I reserved a fun dinner excursion on a train.It had a vintage dining car where we enjoyed a white linen…