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Remember What You Love: Deep Friendship and Thriving Plants

“Do something you used to love, even if you don’t care about it right now,”…

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For the Love of Trees

"Come on, Elaine, let’s dress up in our Hector regional costumes and take a photo…

Bereavement and End of Life Creativity Psychology and Mythology

Writing through the Rough Spots: Healing through Story

“Write a list of questions,” Ellen instructed. “Anything that comes to mind. Just let your…

Mid Peninsula Free University catalog: 1968
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California Hippie Capers: 1968

Vic and I were in Palo Alto at the Free University Psychodrama Commune where residents…

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Family and Friends My Land and Home

When I Leave My Home: Love, Loss, and Continuing Bonds

I arranged glass canning jars on the wooden shelves in the cellar to please my…

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Permeated by Peace: In the Dalai Lama’s Presence, 1989

A friend told us to gather near a small gray door in the back of…

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My Wedding Ring, My Lucky Charm

I took my wedding ring off on the first anniversary of my husband Vic’s death.…

Bereavement and End of Life Creativity

Tish Pearlman: An interview and poetry about Life and Death

On Sunday afternoon, I went to the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts to hear Tish…

with Grandpa ~1948
Bereavement and End of Life Family and Friends

How I Learned to Trust a Man

Grandpa Ware smelled like cinnamon toast, steaming cow pies, and brown soap. His wrinkled cheeks…

Family and Friends Psychology and Mythology

Falling in Love with Marion Woodman: 2003

“Who do you want to see more than anyone?” my husband Vic asked in an…