Grief and loss are as old as the human experience and an expected part of all of our lives. Grief helps us “measure what we’ve lost”, mark time and put love ones into an honored place in our psyches. Remembering when someone died, and their value to us, is part of all our individual and...

With the closing of the Silk Road website for buying illicit drugs on the internet, we have had a spike in hospital admission for people going into acute, severe withdrawal. Heroin. Suboxone and other opiates, as well as all forms of addicted substances, could be purchased and delivered conveniently to your front door with no...

My sister and coauthor, Susan Mary Malone,  just received a five star book review on Goodreads for her book ” I Just Came Here to Dance”. The reviewer describes the writing as “more like a work of art” and states “this is a wonderful book”. Get your copy today on Amazon or any e-reader!

Happiness is something we all seek ( and even include it’s pursuit in our constitution !) but it remains difficult to quantify or measure. Pleasure and contentment are variations of happiness, but look and feel very different from one another and vary from one individual to the next. But ask most people for what they...

A recently published study confirmed that in people over 60 who exercise 150 minutes each week, there is an increase in short term memory functions. MRI scans show an increase in the size of the hippocampus and BDNF ( brain derived neurotrophic factor ) which are responsible for brain growth and short term memory functions....

Our new book, What’s Wrong With My Family? And How To Live Your Best Life Anyway,  has recently been made available on Goodreads, a book lovers site, with multiple good reviews. A recent five star (out of five) review stated “If you are looking for an easier way to make sense out of why your...

I was saddened to hear last week that a close childhood friend had died. My reaction seemed unusually strong as we had not actually been close in decades. Our lives rarely crossed other than the occasional school reunion and I knew little about his current life. An attempt to reconnect deeper several years ago had...

The recent trial has opened old wounds across our country about race, guns and civil rights at a level not seen in many years. It seems that each group uses the most current events to stridently argue their cause and somehow gain ground in the public forum. There are historic issues which are felt passionately...

Susan Mary Malone and I will be at a book signing this Saturday, July 13, at the Barnes and Noble in Denton, Texas, from 3-5 PM! Come by and get an autographed copy of “What’s Wrong with My Family, and How To Live Your Best Life Anyway” and visit with us up in  Denton!!

I ran into some old friends this weekend who live on a large cattle ranch near Van Horn in deep west Texas. They are delightful people, but like all my friends and relatives who live off the land in this part of the world, have firm values and set ways in which they treat people...