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Mental Health V: Peace of Mind
The last in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why Do I Write? Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless Mental Health III: You Were Never Sick; Get Yourself … Continue reading
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Mental Health IV: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The fourth in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why Do I Write? Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless Mental Health III: You Were Never Sick; Get Yourself … Continue reading
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Mental Health III: You Were Never Sick, Get Yourself Better
The third in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why I Write Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless When you have a substitute school bus driver, it doesn’t … Continue reading
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Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless
The second in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why I Write On Friday March 28, 1975 I tried to kill myself. I failed. I hadn’t failed at … Continue reading
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Mental Health I: Why Do I Write?
The first in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. I’d been writing words and sentences since the first grade. As a person of engineering temperament, I expressed myself with logic and … Continue reading
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The Beauty of the Breakup Album
My husband’s girlfriend’s husband just called me up. How messed up is that. Everyone over the age of sixty should have a pair of Millennial children. Even if it requires you to adopt late in life. Just to keep a … Continue reading
A Shared Approach to Addressing Our Housing Crisis
The United States is experiencing a severe housing crisis. Cities with high housing demand are woefully short of supply. Over the past two decades, monthly rents have increased 40% more than wages. Over the past two generations, the ratio of … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Housing, Housing Crisis, Shared Housing
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Good Catholic Boys: Reject thy Church
“A reminder that Catholics should not support LGBTQ ‘Pride Month’ events held in June. They promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to Catholic faith and morals. They are especially harmful to children.” Thomas Tobin, Bishop of Rhode … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Thomas Tobin, Catholic Church, Clergy abuse, Gay Pride, Lapsed Catholics, LBGT, LGBTQ
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“You’re Lucky”
“You’re Lucky.” I hear that phrase every day. Sometimes more than once. It’s the ubiquitous response I receive from folks when they learn that I live in Cambridge, that I travel by bike, that I retired at age 58, that … Continue reading
Reconsidering Righteousness
In Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain writes, “most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous.” This implies that we go through the storm and come into the light. Though I agree that the self-righteous are intolerable, … Continue reading
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