Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is often credited with being the original romance novel. It has all the moments that make a romance a great…
At a recent get-together with friends and acquaintances the after-dinner conversation brushed up against U.S. politics. Someone (probably me), immediately said, “Don’t Go There.” Everybody…
First order of business; Save the Date! Two events to launch “I Had a Swell Time” are in the calendar; April 23, 2:30 p.m. at…
Shame is a powerful silencer. My working theory is that the degree to which one is comfortable sharing their shameful secrets is the degree to…
In Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, King Leontes becomes irrationally convinced, without concrete evidence, that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, another…
When you reflect on the biggest life changing circumstances you’ve experienced, how long did it take before things felt normal again? Or, how long did…
How many headlines can you read without shrieking obscenities at your screen? Esther Perel emphasizes that our quality of life depends on the quality of…
Welcome to September, the “other” new year. I hope everyone had a great summer. Mine was a quiet one, quieter perhaps than I would have wanted,…
In high school I was part of a group of five girls. All of us had other friends, but we were a group unto ourselves….
Two years ago I wrote about a young man who struggled to find his footing after starting grade nine at a new high school where…