by Lynda | Feb 19, 2018 | Building Community, Democracy, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, XtraDose
We Americans face two big issues at the moment: what to do about gun violence and what to do about Russia’s interference in our democracy. One originates close to home, the other in a far away land. Early in the 2016 election I read about former Trump campaign...
by Elizabeth O'Brien | Feb 17, 2017 | Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Everyday Living, Guest Writers
The Empty Nest: Part I By Elizabeth O’Brien, LPC-S Many of us baby boomers are in the throes of launching our young adult children into the world. Whether the launch involves going off to college, getting first jobs, beginning serious careers, relocating to another...
by Lynda | Dec 19, 2016 | Building Community, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith
One more trip around the sun. Tomorrow I celebrate Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year. I’ll light candles, drink hot chocolate, and play games around a blazing fire. Winter Solstice symbolizes a movement from darkness into light. We embrace the darkest...
by Lynda | Oct 22, 2016 | Aging, Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Life, Death & the Supernatural, Spirituality & Faith, XtraDose
I stand at the base of the Founder’s Tree, in awe, all 5 feet 8 inches of me. I’ve just returned from a visit to “the Redwoods” and call them by name as if I’m referring to life-long friends or my beloved family, and I suppose I am. My...
by Lynda | Sep 2, 2016 | Aging, Building Community, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Spirituality & Faith
Dallas, TX, S’s apartment, 1987 — We poured wine. We laughed. We cried. We hadn’t seen each other in five years. S’s apartment was not far from Chadbourne Street where in 1982 three of us shared a bungalow just off Inwood and Lovers’ Lane...
by Lynda | May 31, 2016 | Building Community, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, flood, Hill Country
Thunder outside, gray skies, and more rain. Central Texas suffers again — flooding, loss of lives, loss of homes. These tragedies become the backdrop for our local news. We are fortunate to be tucked away, safe and cozy in our ranch-style home on the banks of...
by Lynda | May 24, 2016 | Aging, Art, Literature & Film, Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, XtraDose
I’ve been away from my desk, on a journey of sorts — up the down staircase, it seems. One step forward, two steps back (or three steps back and down depending on the day). My journey began in late February on a flight to Vegas. But, what happened in Vegas...
by Elizabeth O'Brien | Apr 18, 2016 | Aging, Building Community, Everyday Living, Guest Writers, Healthy Choices
Rapprochement at BurgerFi By Elizabeth O’Brien, LPC-S We have a family tradition of gathering on Sundays at BurgerFi in South Austin. BurgerFi, a small and seemingly little-known chain, happens to make some of the best burgers in town: grass-fed, hormone-free, organic...
by Lynda | Apr 1, 2016 | Art, Literature & Film, Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith, XtraDose
When seedlings push through the soil in search of sunlight, we gardeners rejoice. We tenderly water them and coax them along. At first the tiny leaves appear symmetrical in shape and size; yet within days or even hours, we begin to notice the...
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