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Happiness is a Purring Kitten

| October 10, 2020

When I was a child, my parents bought a copy of “Happiness is a Warm Puppy” by Charles Schultz. I read it often and thought about the various things he wrote. One of my favorites was “Happiness is sixteen crayons”. I understood that one from the get go. Eight crayons would allow you to draw […]

WHO World Mental Health Day 2020

| October 9, 2020

This year’s theme is let’s invest in mental health services and support. Considering all that has happened this year, we all need some mental health help. We are going to have an entire generation, if not several, with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sort of like it was after the great depression started easing.  We have […]

Period of Adjustment

| October 7, 2020

Yesterday was a bit of a loss as I had to get up at 2 AM and didn’t really recover from that. Today I got up at 4 AM and that works much better for me. Of course, I went to bed at 9 PM the night before and got seven pretty solid hours of […]

Monday Mental Health Check In: Stepping Back

| October 5, 2020

After all that happened the past week both on the world stage, the US stage, and here at home, I really feel the need to step back and get off the Internet for a while. To step away from the twenty-four hours news cycle for a bit. Anything critical, I am sure that Peter will […]

Meliorism

| October 4, 2020

Meliorism-(n) the belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment I do believe that. I have believed that my entire life. Even when we seem to be living in a dystopian hellscape there is hope and people helping people and unselfishness. I have a number of friends who are beekeepers. […]