It has been so horribly hot and humid for days that I have felt really unwell. Last summer I had working air conditioning and also had my computer upstairs where, thank the gods, the windows actually open and have screens on them. It may seem strange to many of you that I have lived […]

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her […]

The mindfulness segment of DBT training consists of “What” and “How” skills,

What:

Observe Describe Participate

How:

Non-judgmentally One-mindfully Effectively What Skills

Observe is sometimes a tough one for me. Just notice the experience without getting caught up in it. Have a “Teflon Mind” letting feelings and thoughts come into your mind and […]

Abstract art is defined as art that has no reference to any figurative reality. In its wider definition the term describes art that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way – keeping only an allusion of the original natural subject.

“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands […]

Spiders are good for your garden and your house too I reckon if you have little bugs bugging you. Hanna at This Garden Is Illegal has a great post about Wolf Spiders. I really don’t mind spiders but I really hate the hairy ones! Yes, that would be wolf spiders.

When I was in California, […]

“There’s something there.” Those were the words said to me by a doctor in the E.R. in 1999 after a CT scan. I went in because even though I felt fine, I had this strange feeling when I was walking that I was listing to the right. Very weird. They then ordered an MRI and […]