We are experiencing a time of unprecedented individual and global transformation. This message was declared to millions of people around the world on inauguration day by President Barack Obama as “the era of responsibility.” It is not a time to fear but to affirm our trust in a higher power whatever that happens to be for [...]

December 31st, I started Friday’s blog with all the hopes and dreams of writing about the end of 2008 and the possibilities of 2009.  Around 9:30pm, I received a call from Ava.  She had a flat tire and her cell phone was on its last bar.  And the charger is in my car.  Of all [...]

As of 4:00 this afternoon, I have 6 friends.  I’ve seen that one of my friends is friends with someone else I know from years ago.  Every time I check, a myriad of profiles of potential people I might know pop up on the screen, just because people who know me know them.  It’s overwhelming.  [...]

Last Sunday, Ava and I went to our first Bradley Method Class.  The Bradley Method is a birthing class that works off the mother’s breathing and positioning to help have a natural birth.  Ava is really determined to go natural.  And it makes sense for a number of reasons:  there are too many cesarean births [...]

I’m not sure if I was the only one doing it this morning. Perhaps I was joining hundreds or hundreds of thousands of people doing the same thing at the same time. Nobody ever really talks about it, but we all do it. And if you deny it, everybody knows you are [...]