2 days agoAccepting What IsI was listening to Mitch Albom on Super Soul Sunday this morning. He wrote the book “Tuesdays with Morrie” twenty years ago. I remember being inspired by the book at the time, but as life rolls on and we are often surprised (not always in a good way) by events…2 min read
5 days agoVirtual, SchmirtualLife of one form or another has been present on Earth for 7+ million years. Hard to wrap our heads around that much time! Hominins, monkey-like creatures, have existed for in the neighborhood of 220,000 years. We’ve all seen the pictures of stages of as a variety of ancestors figured…Human Evolution2 min read
May 10Accepting What IsI was listening to Mitch Albom on Super Soul Sunday this morning. He wrote the book “Tuesdays with Morrie” twenty years ago. I remember being inspired by the book at the time, but as life rolls on and we are often surprised (not always in a good way) by events…Accepting Yourself2 min read
Apr 21Civil WarIt’s hard to watch the news because of the adversarial, uncompromising tones of the right and left. These aren’t just opinions being voiced for the sake of inquiry. These are people willing to upend the entire democracy to be right. Single-mindedness causes escalation. Escalation’s end game is violence and we…2 min read
Mar 16It isn’t over…I was raised by immigrants fleeing the Armenian Genocide in 1914. As we see what is happening in the Ukraine, I will tell you that it won’t…Refugees1 min readMy mother, uncle, Grandmother and aunt in a refugee camp after fleeing the Armenian Genocide in 1914.It isn’t over…----
Feb 21Civil WarIt’s hard to watch the news because of the adversarial, uncompromising tones of the right and left. These aren’t just opinions being voiced for the sake of inquiry. These are people willing to upend the entire democracy to be right. Single-mindedness causes escalation. Escalation’s end game is violence and we…Civil War2 min read
Feb 16My Grandmother’s LapAnnig Ergot Arslan was my maternal grandmother. She fled Turkey during World War I with her children and her husband. The youngest child and my grandfather died en route of cholera, a common disease among refugees. In Armenian, grandmother is pronounced medz mairig. My brother couldn’t articulate medz mairig, so…2 min read
Feb 1Mask ShamingThere are many situations in which dreaded mask shaming rears its ugly head: · You are not wearing a mask. You are shamed because you don’t care about others. You’re a narcissist. · You are the only one wearing a mask. You are shamed because you probably didn’t get the…1 min read
Dec 30, 2021Our Poor AmericaRavaged by covid, misled by politicians tripping over their egos, our Great Experiment is being tested as never before. As we each try to manage the lives we can directly influence, the din of uncertainty reverberates in the background. The talking heads on TV and radio are hard to tolerate…2 min read
Oct 27, 2021Four Paws on the GroundIn exchange of freeing our hands to do work, we walk on two legs. The posture of higher apes reflects the evolutionary trend of moving to an upright position. I get it, but I find myself envying my four-legged companions for their balance and ease. …1 min read
