Bond Markets Collapsing – This Is Giant
Bond markets are collapsing.This is giant. Financial collapse approaches again. To the skeptical I say, remember, I was one of the five people in the world on record as having…
Resilience
Resilience During a Pandemic in a Capitalist Dystopia
I learned little from English classes. I think my highest grade in high school was a 53. I mastered grammar and that formulaic essay enough to slip over into a…
Stop Buying Bottled Water! Get A Berkey Now
Everyone should have one of these – a Berkey water filter, that is a whole other standard for clean water. We simply can’t be using bottled water. Bottled water causes…
Knowledge Is Power. Panic Is Death. Reconnection Is Resilience
Knowledge is power. Bacon was right about one thing, at least. People are afraid of wolves, coyotes, snakes, bugs, bears…the flu. Our ability to assess danger rationally in our modern,…
My Dream Homestead Garden – Or, Healing The Earth, One Carrot At A Time
A dream homestead garden? Ok, so this is not a subject to everyone’s taste or interest, clearly. Nor is it my usual domain, but it is related. I tend to…
Low tech, high tech
These are just a few thoughts that came to mind, after researching the tiny home and camper van trends, but they have very broad implications, for just about everything. This…
Gold, Savings & Security In The Real World
Here is what the crowd, the authorities, and the mainstream media, including the business press, will tell you: It’s called BS. Think for yourself. For example, when real inflation rates…
Digital Dystopia & The Killing of Cash – and – Advice For Hard Times
Here is another aspect of the unfolding fascist power grab we are seeing globally in 2020 – along with sweeping powers for governments, suspension of all constitutional rights and freedoms,…
Resilience: Another Lesson From The Heart Of The Renaissance
It’s interesting to me to reflect on the fact that Florence and Tuscany have weathered many, many storms and vicissitudes, and have seen empires come and go. Tuscany was culturally…
WHICH HAT AM I WEARING?
Every day, I learn something new from another caregiver. Today, I was reading a conversation in a support group for spousal caregivers. “How can I cope with the resentment and…
A Time to Feel Grateful, Sometimes After Loss
My husband Jim and I are packing this morning – we’ve got an early morning flight tomorrow to Dayton, Ohio. Our daughter Natalie’s boyfriend grew up there and we’re all…
On Peterson, Political Correctness, and Postmodernism
Peterson was on Bill Maher last night. They’re both people that have some clever ideas, but also promote a few questionable notions in a way that’s slick enough to just…
THE MAKING OF A CAREGIVER
In this recipe, the essence of the caregiver is kept aside, similar to the starter in sour dough bread. This ‘starter’ will be needed to make and re-make the caregiver…
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT: WHEN A CAREGIVER GOT CANCER
Paid or unpaid, caregivers are never supposed to get sick, right? But sometimes we do. Sue Robins owns a health care communications company and she also happens to be the…
National Caregivers Month: The Third Pillar is Patience
Patience. We learn it the hard way in caregiving. In this break-neck-speed society, caregivers are like student drivers, always trying to put our foot on the gas, but with ‘fate’,…
National Caregivers Month Part 1: Bullet-proof
November is National Family Caregivers month and I’ve decided to write a series about resilience. When I think about my own resilience, I am only half-joking when I tell friends…
How To Be A Resilient Caregiver – Especially When Change Hits Hard
Resilience is a word that’s thrown around a lot these days. Everyone needs it and everyone wants it, especially people giving or receiving care. And the truth is we all…
When a Couple at McDonald’s Said I Shouldn’t Feed My Son in Public
I am fortunate to write for the marvellous site, The Mighty. Here’s my latest post for the good folks there – and if you feel like a daily dose of…
Caregiving With Strength – A Guidebook for Grieving Caregivers
Eleanor Silverberg understands grief. She is a child of holocaust survivors who often witnessed her mother silently weeping. An unspoken sorrow infused the Silverberg family home…..grief seeped into their furniture,…