The Day I Played the DMV Blues

I had to go to the dreaded D.M.V.—which, in the United States, ranks right up there with war crimes and dental surgery without anesthesia. Let’s be honest: the DMV should be preserved only as an exhibit in the M.B.B.—The Museum of Bureaucratic Bullshit—a place where...

A 12 Step Program For These Crazy Times

Step 1 in my New 12 Step Program. Admit that you are powerless over other people’s politics—and that your desperate attempts to change their minds may have become unmanageable. Stop trying to have “corrective conversations” with folks who’ve dug in their...

From Squeeze to Ease

I was in a restroom the other day, doing anything but resting. To be honest, and I hope this isn’t a little TMI, but I was having a hard time saying goodbye to # 2. Remember that old commercial for Avis Rent a Car company? They proclaimed that since they were...

If Martin Luther King Jr. Was Alive in These Times

This is clearly not summer vacation time on earth school. Many people are lashing out against that new white guy in the White House…even, regrettably, unwittingly, myself. They are speaking out against all the destructive things he has done or said, all the lies...

Not a Problem

I am not a therapist, but I did earn an N.C.W. by studying for over 60 years at the School of Hard Knocks. N.C.W., by the way, stands for No Credentials Whatsoever. I do have a lifetime of training both as a life coach and a clairvoyant. Recently, one of my coaching...