Category: Mental Environment
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Does This Make Me a Quitter?
Wait a minute.. Wait a damn minute… I am sitting here in Fido on 21st, the village in Nashville.. And, as I was preparing to write a blog about my nearly definate decision to…
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Miraculous Encounters of The Mommy Kind
Something that I never thought would happen HAS! I have met a group of mothers that I don’t feel completely frightened by. They don’t wear “workout clothes” (pajamas) everywhere they go. Even though they…
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Making Room
A year or so ago, my husband and I had a long (weeks long) conversation about how to get past being moderately satisfied with your position (in every aspect) to becoming truly satisfied and…
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Snub Scouts
The Cub Scouts have started recruiting at my child’s school. I am not sure what to make of it. I feel as if I have to take his post-brainwashing session postcard, inviting him to be…
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I Like the Past Right Where It Is….
My ten year reunion invitations have started rolling in – my email has been inundated with notes from people I don’t even remember telling me how great it will be if I can pay…
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Feelings.. Nothing More than Feelings…
People in Nashville don’t know how to drive. Period. When the light turns green, it takes them more than thirty seconds to actually begin to move, and, if you are unlucky enough to be…
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After the Dust Settles
I have recently read a book review in the Nashville Scene that has sparked my interest. Book reviews, or any review for that matter, are things I typically don’t take much stock in. It…
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House Thinking : A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live
Salon.com has an interesting interview with Winifred Gallagher about her new book “House Thinking. Winifred is an environmental psychologist who explores how we interact within the environment of our home. Here’s an excerpt of…
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Urinals and Mustached Mona Lisas
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. is holding an exhibition devoted to some of the most famous works out of the Dada period. It is refreshing for me, someone who has taught art…