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Gratitude meditation

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, October 26, 2014 “In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.” Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School. “Furthermore, feelings of gratitude directly activated brain regions associated with…… Continue reading Gratitude meditation

Hot blood in the summertime

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, June 22, 2014 It’s 1971. Summer is so inconceivably, relentlessly simple. Once the last bell of the last class rings, and the middle-school warzone, temporarily peace-treatied, recedes from view, a mental movie screen begins at once to unfurl, to slowly reveal the simple title of this particular movie, in 4,000 pt…… Continue reading Hot blood in the summertime

Dear Mr. Fireman,

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, January 26, 2014 Fire!!! Yes, I have written about hot flashes before but that was then and this is now, and I’m screaming Help! at the top of my lungs and waiting for the fire department to come and put them out. Permanently, this time. Because I am a burning building…… Continue reading Dear Mr. Fireman,

Snafu

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, November 17, 2013 It is nearly midnight and you have just arrived in New York City. It’s your first day of vacation, and your first vacation in a long time. The approach, right over the city, is unbelievable — lights for miles in the crystalline black of night, Manhattan Island like…… Continue reading Snafu