A week for awareness… This week, February 9-15, 2014, is Children of Alcoholics Week ~ A Celebration of Hope and Healing. Depending on your own life story you may or may not know any children of alcoholics; however, statistics provided by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) indicate that “one in five...Read More

36th Mill Valley Film Festival Opening Night Film “Nebraska” (Photo credit: diginmag) “No, he just believes what people tell him.”  This quote is a son’s succinct response when someone inquires as to whether his father has Alzheimer’s. When you think about it, until proven otherwise, don’t we all tend to believe what people tell us?...Read More

Holiday Gift Catalogs! Choosing a holiday gift that keeps on giving… Just the other day we read an interesting article in US News and World Report “10 ‘Experience Gifts That Keep on Giving.” We hope you’ll have some time to read the article; the opening paragraph might tempt you to learn more. Research indicates that...Read More

This week our nation observed Veterans Day. While Veterans Day is a day to honor all who have served in the military for our country, it is not to be confused with Memorial Day which is a day to honor all who died in service to our country. Both days cause us to reach out...Read More

Time to renew our edges… “What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges!” Do you recognize this quote that invites you to imagine how your life could improve, if on occasion you made the time to renew...Read More