Eggs frying in a cast iron skillet beside a fruit compote small cast iron saucepan and corned beef hash in another skillet.

Be Who You Are

“Happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got.”—Garth Brooks (Other people have said it. Garth just happens to be the first one I heard say it.) I think there are three driving forces in being a happy person: In my life, I’ve failed at all three of those—at times, all at once….

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You Are What You Give

Are you a “highly sensitive person”? Am I? “Highly sensitive people” (HSP) feel emotions more strongly and are more easily affected by the world around them. I read an article that described how a highly sensitive person experiences the world, and I related to much of it. Understanding Sensitivity Sometimes my emotions overwhelm me, leading…

Merrimack River from pedestrian bridge in Manchester, NH.

Insight Insights

Change yourself, change your life. Better yet: Unleash yourself, love your life. People who know me in person are sometimes surprised to learn that I have long struggled with depression and with feelings of negative self worth. Tall, good-looking, worldly, gregarious, funny, insightful, compassionate, eloquent, MC, firedance-in-a-loincloth…and yet also somehow sure that I am wholly…

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Voice and Ears

For the past several months, I have been circling the same topic repeatedly: What is my niche? What do I want to be know for? More importantly, what can I offer people that they would find engaging, entertaining, or useful? I’ve reflected on the decades I’ve so far lived and experienced, and when I’m feeling…