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An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have: the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. -Agatha Christie

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting author Phyllis Tickle on a couple of occasions. She also wrote an essay for “I Like Being Married” (But Not To Each Other) co-edited by my friend, Mike Leach, and myself. So I was delighted to see that Beliefnet is featuring a blog by her during the Lenten season.…

Express appreciation for each other. Accepting each other makes a stable marriage. Appreciating each other, however, makes a sensational marriage. -Brett Selby

On Ash Wednesday, I hate to compare myself to the rough, chain-smoking, boozer Grace (Holly Hunter) in “Saving Grace.” But I’ve been thinking about that last episode ever since my former therapist handed me my junior-high journals totally unsolicited on my way to an hour with my current therapist. (I know, so many therapists gets…

Am I off my rocker? Of all days to pamper your inner child, Ash Wednesday? I told you what this year’s resolution is: to be nice to myself. So here’s a perfect list to get me started. I wish it was original. No. Are you kidding? I’m used to whipping myself with a rosary. This…

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I wrote this piece awhile back, but since it applies to financial anxiety, too, I thought I’d republish it. Last visit to my therapist, I told her about an unsettling dream I’ve been having once or twice a week. “I’m either anxious about something,” I told her, “or I’m watching too much ‘Star Wars.’” “Describe…

My blogging buddy, Douglas Cootey, over at The Splintered Mind wrote the following sympathetic and thoughtful blog post after he, too, was reamed out regarding a Heath Ledger commentary. Interestingly enough, Douglas gets it from the other side–from those who tell him that if he doesn’t take meds, he’s not a “real” depressive. I found…

Douglas from The Splintered Mind, of course doesn’t know about the other responses (with a little attitude) that I send to special readers when I’m a bit peeved. I was feeling bad about the following two–like maybe I let anger get the best of me–but then Holly reminded me that is good and healthy to…

You have to distinguish between love and infatuation. That’s difficult because they both involve a throbbing organ. -Me
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